The Cry of the Children
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The Cry of the Children is a socially critical poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning that condemns the exploitation of child labor during the Industrial Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Cry of the Children canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
ⓘ
socially critical poem ⓘ |
| addressesIssue |
factory child labor
ⓘ
long working hours ⓘ mines child labor ⓘ unsafe working conditions ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
provoke social reform
ⓘ
raise public awareness of child labor abuses ⓘ |
| author | Elizabeth Barrett Browning ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticizes |
industrial capitalism
ⓘ
moral hypocrisy ⓘ political inaction ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Blackwood's Magazine ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre |
political poetry
ⓘ
social protest poetry ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType |
indifferent adults
ⓘ
oppressed children ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Industrial Revolution ⓘ |
| imageryType |
industrial machinery
ⓘ
nature contrasted with factories ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poems ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | Reports of the Children’s Employment Commission ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Victorian social reform literature ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | important example of Victorian social protest poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
child labor
ⓘ
critique of the Industrial Revolution ⓘ industrial exploitation ⓘ social injustice ⓘ suffering of children ⓘ |
| meter | primarily iambic ⓘ |
| moralMessage |
economic progress must not justify human suffering
ⓘ
society has a duty to protect children ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person plural ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1843 ⓘ |
| rhetoricalDevice |
allusion
ⓘ
apostrophe ⓘ imagery ⓘ repetition ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | regular but varied ⓘ |
| setting | industrial England ⓘ |
| tone |
indignant
ⓘ
mournful ⓘ sympathetic ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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subject surface form:
Elizabeth Barrett Browning