The Cry Of The Children - 1291 Words

â€Å"The Cry Of The Children† and The Art of Incitation Veering from the egocentric poems of the Romantic era, Victorian poets began to write poetry not only to express the feelings of an â€Å"I,† but also to inspire change in the collective â€Å"we.† Being from a historical period with a dramatic class divide, Victorian poets wrote with the intention of crafting beautiful lasting poetry as well as articulating a need for cultural reform in their now. One of the most renowned Victorian poets, Elizabeth Barrett Browning possessed the expert skill of integrating not only imagery and precise rhyme scheme into her poetry, but afflicting her readers with a sense of pity so paramount they had no choice but to make a change. After having read a government report exposing the heinous working conditions of child laborers in mines and factories, Browing began an impassioned campaign of awareness using her best medium of expression: the written word (Norton 421). Utilizing an uncomfortable and confrontational rhythm never before used by either her Romantic predecessors or Victorian contemporaries, Browning creates a vehement emotional plea in â€Å"The Cry of The Children† so powerful that it is credited with pushing the British parliament to pass new laws regulating child labor. The speaker in the poem does not hold accusations back for even a moment igniting the thirteen-stanza imploration with the lines, â€Å"Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothers, / Ere the sorrow comes with years?† (1-2).Show MoreRelatedAnalysis Of The Cry Of The Children879 Words   |  4 Pagesfocus on contemporary liberal issues that were happening around her. She published â€Å"The Cry of the Children† in 1843 following the Britain government investigations that exposed the exploitation of children employed in coal mines and factories. In Elizabeth Browning’s â€Å"The Cry of the Children† she uses a similar technique of using imagery associated with nature and politics in order to direct the attention to children in similar working conditions at the factories and mines. She uses diction related toRead MoreCritical Analysis Of The Cry Of Children912 Words   |  4 Pages Analyzing The Cry of the Children with a M arxist Approach The Cry of the Children by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is one of the finest examples of Victorian Poetry dealing with the industrial revolution and its effects on the people of England in 19th century. In this paper we will be analyzing this poem with a Marxist approach by looking at the historical facts and going over the poem line by line. 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Browning paints such a vivid, disturbing picture that she aroused the conscience of the entire nation. A new historicist perspective into this poem will help understand why Browning decided to take a stand and speak up for these children through her work. The poem opens with,† Do ye hear the children weeping, O my brothersRead MoreWomen and Children in The Cry of the Children and The Feminine Education of Aurora Leigh1277 Words   |  6 Pages In both of Elizabeth Barrett Brownings poems, The Cry of the Children and The Feminine Education of Aurora Leigh, the role of gender is evident. Browning brings attention to the causes and nature of womens subordination to men in society in an attempt to remove that subordination through awareness. There were limited educational and employment opportunities available for women, and Browning aims to challenge these issues of gender inequality because she feels women should have equal opportunityRead MoreElizabeth Barrett Browning s The Cry Of The Children1067 Words   |  5 Pagesâ€Å"The Cry of the Children† Like many writers in the Victorian Age, Elizabeth Barrett Browning used her poetry as a platform to reach a larger audience to bring awareness to contemporary social issues (Greenblatt, â€Å"Elizabeth Barrett Browning† pp. 1,123). Common issues that were written about during the Victorian Age included inequality between men and women, child labor and the American abolitionist movement (1,123). According to the first footnote referenced in her poem â€Å"The Cry of the Children†, BarrettRead MoreAnalysis Of Cry Of The Children By Elizabeth Barrett Browning1009 Words   |  5 Pages  Ã‚  The poem â€Å"The Cry of the Children† by Elizabeth Barrett Browning was written during the traditional era. My first impression of the poem was that the poem will be about depression. The title of the poem describes that there will be children crying. Therefore, it is assumed that the   main point of the poem will focus on children going through some type of pain which will cause them to cry. Tears only run down someones face when there are emotion running through their body that is to painful toRead More1. French children are taught to act like an adult at an early age, they are left to cry in their1200 Words   |  5 Pages1. French children are taught to act like an adult at an early age, they are left to cry in their crib unless the parent is truly needed such as feeding or changing a nappy. It is believed that children need to work out how to solve problems on their own. French children are given restrictions but within those restrictions they have huge amounts of freedom. If I French child is doing something they shouldn’t such as throwing a tantrum they are simply told à §a suffit! meaning that’s enough and givenRead MoreBehaviorism, Psychoanalytic Theory, And Attachment Theory879 Words   |  4 Pagesresponsive caregiving. I learned that I would soon be able to read my baby’s cries. I would know what was wrong and what I could do by the sound of the cry. After my baby was born, I responded quickly when he cried. To my surprise, I had difficulty calming him. I realized I did not always know what was wrong by the sound of his cry. I became very frustrated and decided that if my baby was dry, fed, and not tired. I would just let him cry it out. I didn’t know what else to do. Explain how Behaviorism, PsychoanalyticRead MoreEssay on Explication of William Blakes Poem London1706 Words   |  7 Pagesinto the issues of these people in the second stanza. Rhyme and repetition continue as the speaker hears how men cry and Infants cry of fear. Blake’s uses of the word cry in the â€Å"cry of every Man† (5) can bee seen in two ways. The first meaning of cry is to call out or proclaim. In other words the men are calling out. Cry can also be seen in its obvious use as in sadness or weeping (cry). The word â€Å"every† (5-7) is repeated throughout the second stanza. â€Å"Every† (5-7) is used to place