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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION
5.1 Conclusion
After analyzing two poems of Elizabeth Barret Browning, the writer found how woman’s passions to be loved pictured in The Lady’s Yes and how woman’s
passions to love pictured in How Do I Love Thee. 1.
The Lady’s Yes describe how woman treated by a man. Elizabeth wants to tell that not all women are easy to be seduced and accept any offer of men just as
well with her. Every woman has any right to be loved not only as a tools for satisfy a man’s sexual as was the case in that era. In this poem also described
how a woman feels hesitant to change her mind from the man’s offer, but she also realized that all that happens is not entirely man’s false but also on
herself and Elizabeth finally gives some advices to men how to win woman’s
heart bravely and sincerely.
2. How do I love thee? is a poem that explain Elizabeth affection for her
husband. She writes about it to show to the world and Robert Browning the love which hold her heart through her true words. Her love is of the kind
which pulls the poet out of faithlessness. When she is with her love she feels the same sense of security which she felt when she was a kid. The poet is
taken back to that childhood faith of hers after falling in love with her soul- mate. Next the poet talks about the intensity of her affection. She says that
her love is present in every breath that she takes. This means she lives to love. Her love emanates from all her smiles and tears which tell the readers that she
loves her soul mate through both good and trying times. He is there with her in all the good and bad phases of her life. Elizabeth Barrett finishes this poem
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on a very deep feeling. She says that the love which she feels is immortal and if she is allowed by God she would continue loving her beloved even after
death and in her afterlife.
Actually, from the analysis readers can also understand what factor that trigger the woman’s passions in the poems. There are some factors can be identified
in the poems as love is a strong factor or reason to do her passions. If the readers want to know the meaning that is embedded in the poem, they should dive or
experience the poems. So, they will know the meaning and sense which are implied in it.
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5.2 Suggestion
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