Penelitian ini mendeskripsikan realitas kehidupan perempuan Adonara seperti yang digambarkan dalam puisi-puisi Bara Pattyradja dengan menggunakan metode penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui latar belakang kondisi sosial budaya yang berpengaruh terhadap terciptnya puisi-puisi karya Bara Pattyradja, menemukan aspek permasalahan sosial apa saja yang terkandung dalam puisi-puisi Bara Pattyradja, mengetahui cara penyampaian puisi-puisi Bara Pattyradja. Metode penelitian yang digunakan analisis data. Peneliti menggunakan sumber data primer yaitu puisi-puisi Bara Pattyradja dan sumber data sekunder berupa buku referensi, jurnal, internet, artikel dan skripsi terkait dengan judul penelitian. Teknik pengumpulan data yang digunakan, observasi, wawancara, dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan yaitu reduksi data, penyajian data, penarikan kesimpulan. Hasil penelitian ini ditemukan adanya latar belakang sosial budaya yang berpengaruh terhadap terciptanya puisi-puisi Bara Pattyradja yaitu dominasi patriarki dalam hal kepemimpinan politik, otoritas moral, hak sosial dan penguasaan property, 2) realitas kehidupan perempuan Adonara yang dapat menjalankan dua peran sekaligus yaitu peran domestik dan peran publik. Beberapa aspek sosial dalam puisi Bara Pattyradja 1) Pendidikan, realitas kehidupan guru honor yang kurang mendapat keadilan dari pemerintah, 2) Ekonomi, realitas perempuan Adonara yang bekerja keras demi membantu perekonomian keluarga, 3) sosial budaya, perempuan Adonara bermaharkan gading gajah. Puisi-puisi Bara pattyradja disampaikan secara lugas atau menyampaian secara langsung, simbolik, penyampaian menggunakan bahasa simbol, sinisme, penyampaian karya sastra dengan menggunakan bahasa sindiran.

Kata Kunci : Perempuan Adonara, Puisi-Puisi Bara Karya Pattyradja, Sosiologi Sastra.

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’s poetic style, identify the elements of societal issues that his poems address, and determine the best way to communicate his poetry. Data analysis is the study methodologi employed. Bara Pattyradja’s poetry served as the researcher’s mayor data 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 analysis technique used was data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The result of this study found that two sociocultural contexts, 1) the reality of Adonara 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, moral authority, social rights, and property control, had an impact on Bara Pattyradja’s poetry. Several societal issues were addressed in Bara Pattyradjas’s pem: 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, conveying through symbolic language, cynicism, delivering literary works with satire language. Keywords: Adonara Women, Bara Pattyradja’s Poetry, Literature Sociology