Symbolism In The Cry Of The Children Language

Browning inflicts emotion in the poem by demonstrating the use of symbolism. Within the first stanza Browning gives the reader an exact detail of how severely the children suffer. The tool of symbolism provides the reader with a valid concept of the pain of the children. Browning symbolizes important of a mother’s comfort. For instance, Browning states in line 3-4:

They are leaning their heads against their mothers,

And that cannot stop their tears.

Browning demonstrates that even a mother- a figure that symbolize comforts - serves no comfort to those suffering the abuse of child-labor. E. Browning demonstrate that the children discomfort can not surrender onto their mother. She is makes a clear political statement to the Steel Manufactory

Her imagery can bring out what is most humane out of the reader. The sorrowful of the children is painted in a perfectly clear picture. Browning is considered one of the greatest poet because she demonstrated the power imagery, such as the above passage, in her poems.

The Cry of The Children Language

Browning inflicts emotion in the poem by demonstrating the use of language. Browning language demonstrates the children’s anticipation of death. Browning established in line 120-124 an attribute of the children’s thoughts if God were to hear their prayers:

Our Father! If He heard us, He would surely

(For they call Him good and mild)

Answer, smiling down the steep world very purely,

‘Come and rest with me, my child.

Browning’s language is sorrowful; which expose the children hopelessness that the only end to suffering is death. Another element of language Browning use is the sense of acknowledgement. In lines 135-136 Browning states:

For God’s possible [ imaginable] is taught by His world’s

Browning exposes the appalling use of child-labor. She could bring about true emotion to a liberal cause of her day. Browning poem “The Cry of the Children” surrender a voice to children of child labor (whom were on the verge of death’s door by working in dangerous mines and factories). Browning use the power of poetry as a gateway into readers’ hearts and show the grunginess of exploitation of children for labor. Elizabeth Browning also demonstrates the essence of true courage. She demonstrated her voice during a time that women voices were not typically heard. Most impressive for me was that she manifested how humane she was through her poetry. She could inevitably conceive her view-point onto the