Abstrak
This study explores the realities of Adonara’s women’s lives as they are portrayed in Bara Pattyradja’s poetry through descriptive qualitative research techniques. The purpose of this study was to understand the sociocultural context that influenced Bara Pattyradja’spoeticstyle,identifytheelementsofsocietalissuesthathispoemsaddress, and determine the best way to communicate his poetry. Data analysis is the study methodologiemployed.BaraPattyradja’spoetryservedastheresearcher’smayordata source, and secondary data sources included papers, theses, books of references, the internet, and publications with a connection to the topic of the study. Observation, interviews, and documentation were employed as data gathering methods. The data analysistechniqueusedwasdatareduction,datapresentation,andconclusiondrawing. Theresultofthisstudyfoundthattwosocioculturalcontexts,1)therealityofAdonara women’s life, who could simultaneously perform two roles, namely the domestic role and public role, and 2) the dominance of patriarchy in terms of political leadership, moralauthority,socialrights,andpropertycontrol,hadanimpactonBaraPattyradja’s poetry.SeveralsocietalissueswereaddressedinBaraPattyradjas’spem:1).Education, the reality of honorary teacher’ lives, who contributed to the treated fairly by the government, 2). Economics: the hardworking Adonara women paid elephant tusks. Bara Pattyradja’s poem were conveyed in a straightforward manner or conveyed directly,symbolic,conveyingthroughsymboliclanguage,cynicism,deliveringliterary works with satirelanguage.