Cover Woman’s Passions In Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Poems Entitled The Lady’s ‘Yes’ And How Do I Love Thee?

WOMAN’S PASSIONS IN ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING’S POEMS
ENTITLED THE LADY’S ‘YES’ AND HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

A THESIS
BY
DHINI AYUNINGTYAS
REG.NO: 100705010

DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH
FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA
MEDAN 2015

Approved by the Department of English, Faculty of Cultural Studies University
of Sumatera Utara (USU) Medan as a thesis for the Sarjana Sastra Examination

Head,

Secretary,

Dr. H. MuhizarMuchtar, M.S.


Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D

NIP. 195411171980031002

NIP. 197502092008121002

ACKNOWLEDGMENT
Bismillahirrahmanirrahim,
First of all, all praise and thankfulness to Almighty ALLAH SWT with the
compassion and blessing to allow me finishing this thesis. Salawat and salam to the
Prophet and the most noble Messenger, our Prophet Muhammad, along with his
family and his companions.
I would like to express my gratitude and appreciation to the Dean of Faculty
of Cultural Studies, University of Sumatera Utara, Dr. Drs. Syahron Lubis, M.A., the
Head of English Department, Dr. H. Muhizar Muchtar, M.S., and the Secretary of
English Department, Mr. Rahmadsyah Rangkuti, M.A., Ph.D and to all lecturers of
English Department for everything they already taught me during my academic
years.
I also would like to express a very special gratitude and high appreciation to

my Supervisor,

Dr. Martha Pardede, M.S., and my Co-Supervisor Drs. Siamir

Marulafau, M.Hum for their willingness and assistances to guide me in writing and
completing this thesis.
A huge gratitude for my families who give their endless love and undying
support. To my father and my mother thank you for helping me through the hard
time for the advice, the protect and also your pray to make me a better person in the
future. Thank you to my big brothers Yudha Aditya and Bram Wiratma that always
help me when I need. You all the love of my life.

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To all my friends, thank you for understanding and encouragment in many
precious moments in my life. Special thank’s for your help, you know what I want
Muhammad Savrizal and the cute one Adimaz. Big thanks for my girls Vivi and
Filza that always beside me when I’m in hard situation, do everything that useless
but priceless. Also Nisput, Febby, Ulan, Anok, Gunanti, kak Dinda and Aazedodo,
thanks for the craziness things that we spend together. Finally I would say thankyou

to Wahyu that always push me up when I’m lazy to finish my thesis.
I may forget to mention some names, but I thank every one for helping and
supporting me; for every clarity that people brought to me in the crucial moment;
every noble deed I received from those whom I forgot. Those days are gone. I thank
you.

Medan, July 13th 2015

DHINI AYUNINGTYAS
Reg. No. 100705010

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AUTHOR’S DECLARATION

I, DHINI AYUNINGTYAS, DECLARE THAT I AM THE SOLE
AUTHOR OF THIS THESIS EXCEPT WHERE REFERENCE IS MADE IN
THE TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS THESIS CONTAINS NO MATERIAL
PUBLISHED ELSE WHERE OR EXTRACTED IN WHOLE OR IN PART
FROM A THESIS BY WHICH I HAVE QUALIFIED FOR OR AWARDED

ANOTHER DEGREE.

NO OTHER PERSON’S WORK HAS BEEN USED WITHOUT DUE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS IN THE MAIN TEXT OF THIS THESIS. THIS
THESIS HAS NOT BEEN SUBMITTED FOR THE AWARD OF ANOTHER
DEGREE IN ANY TERTIARY EDUCATION.

Signed :
Date

: July, 13th 2015

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COPYRIGHT DECLARATION

NAME

: DHINI AYUNINGTYAS


TITLE OF THESIS

: WOMAN’S PASSIONS IN ELIZABETH BARRETT
BROWNING’S SELECTED POEMS ENTITLED
THE LADY’S ‘YES’ AND HOW DO I LOVE THEE?

QUALIFICATION

: S-1 / SARJANA SASTRA

DEPARTMENT

: ENGLISH

I AM WILLING THAT MY THESIS SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR
REPRODUCTION AT THE DISCRETION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF
DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, FACULTY OF CULTURAL STUDIES,
UNIVERSITY OF SUMATERA UTARA ON THE UNDERSTANDING THAT
USERS ARE MADE AWARE OF THEIR OBLIGATION UNDER THE LAW
OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA.


Signed :
Date

: July, 13th 2015

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ABSTRAK

Skripsi ini yang berjudul Woman’s Passions in Elizabeth Barrett
Browning’s Selected Poems Entitled The Lady’s ‘Yes’ and How Do I Love Thee?
merupakan sebuah analisis mengenai hasrat seorang wanita kepada lelaki yang
dicintainya pada puisi-puisi tersebut. Di dalam kedua puisi itu dapat ditemukan
beberapa jenis hasrat atau sebuah keinginan yang menggebu-gebu untuk dicintai dan
mencintai berdasarkan pengalaman pribadi pengarang puisi tersebut yaitu Elizabeth
Barret Browning. Tujuan penulis menganalisis kedua puisi tersebut ialah untuk
mengetahui bagaimana isi hati seorang Elizabeth terhadap lelaki yang dicintainya
dalam setiap kata pada bait-bait kedua puisi tersebut dimana pada jamannya para
wanita memiliki derajat yang sangat rendah dibandingkan dengan pria namun

Elizabeth berani dengan terang-terangan mengungkapkan kepada dunia apa yang ia
rasakan. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode deskriptif kualitatif yang menjelaskan
analisis sesuai dengan uraian hasil penelitian yang dikaitkan. Dari hasil penelitian,
penulis memperoleh kesimpulan bahwasannya setiap wanita berhak untuk dicintai
dan mencintai bukan hanya sebagai mainan lelaki seperti yang terjadi pada masa Era
Victoria.
Kata Kunci : Elizabeth, Hasrat, Cinta.

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ABSTRACT

This thesis titled Woman's Passions in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's
Selected Poems Entitled The Lady's 'Yes' and How Do I Love Thee? is an analysis
of the desire of a woman to the man she loves in the poem. In both poems can be
found some kind of desire or a passionate to be loved and to love based on personal
experience of the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The purpose is to know how to
feel the heart of Elizabeth to the man she loved in every word in the second verse of
the poem in which contemporary women have a very low level compared to men but
Elizabeth dared to openly disclose to the world what she felt. This study used a

qualitative descriptive method that describes the analysis according to the description
of the results of the study are attributed. From the research, the authors came to the
conclusion that every woman has the right to be loved and to love not only as a
man’s toy as was the case during the Victorian Era.
Keywords : Elizabeth, Passions, Love.

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TABLE OF CONTENT

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT .........................................................................................i
AUTHOR’S DECLARATION ................................................................................iii
COPYRIGHT DECLARATION .............................................................................iv
ABSTRAK ..................................................................................................................v
ABSTRACT ..............................................................................................................vi
TABLE OF CONTENT ..........................................................................................vii

CHAPTER I : INTRODUCTION ............................................................................1
1.1 Background of the Study .............................................................1
1.2 Problem of the Study ...................................................................3

1.3 Object of the Study ......................................................................4
1.4 Scope of the Study .......................................................................4
1.5 Significance of the Study .............................................................4

CHAPTER II : REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE ...................................5
2.1 Poem ............................................................................................5
2.2 Structuralism Theory ...................................................................6
2.3 Historical Approach .....................................................................7
2.4 Biographical Approach ................................................................8
2.5 Devices .........................................................................................9
2.5.1 The Structural Devices ..............................................................9
2.5.2 The Sense Devices ..................................................................10
2.5.3 The Sound Devices .................................................................11
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2.6 Types of Poem ...........................................................................11
2.7 Elements of Poem ......................................................................13
2.7.1 Form ......................;.;…...........................................................13
2.7.2 Language .................................................................................15
2.7.3 Theme .....................................................................................17

2.7.4 Tone ........................................................................................18

CHAPTER III : METHOD OF THE STUDY ......................................................20
3.1 Research Design………………………………………………..20
3.2 Data and Data Sources ...............................................................20
3.3 Data Analyzing ..........................................................................20

CHAPTER IV : ANALYSIS AND FINDING .......................................................22
4.1 Passion to be Loved in The Lady’s Yes .....................................22
4.2 Passion to Love in How Do I Love Thee? .................................32

CHAPTER V : CONCLUSION AND SUGGESTION ........................................45
5.1 Conclusion .................................................................................45
5.2 Suggestion ..................................................................................47

REFERENCES .........................................................................................................48
APPENDICES

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