10 Questions
What is being symbolized by the mother in the poem?
Love, comfort, and protection
What is the tone of the poem in the first stanza?
Somber and melancholic
What literary device is used in the comparison of children to lambs?
Metaphor
What is the irony in the line 'They are weeping in the country of the free'?
That children are weeping in a country that is supposed to be free
What is the poet's attitude towards the treatment of children in Victorian England?
Critical and disapproving
What is being highlighted by the contrast between the natural world and the children?
The darkness of the human condition
What is the poet's purpose in using the phrase 'the young, young children'?
To emphasize their innocence
What is the poet's tone in the line 'Do you question the young children in the sorrow'?
Rhetorical and questioning
What is the poem's central theme?
The cruelty of child labor
What literary device is used in the repetition of 'young' in 'the young, young children'?
Emphasis
Explore the Evangelical perspective on the Fall of Adam and Eve, its implications on human nature, and the role of Christ's redemption in the believer's life.
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