Evangelical Beliefs on Original Sin
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What is being symbolized by the mother in the poem?

  • Punishment and harshness
  • Freedom and independence
  • Discipline and restrictions
  • Love, comfort, and protection (correct)
  • What is the tone of the poem in the first stanza?

  • Angry and aggressive
  • Somber and melancholic (correct)
  • Joyful and celebratory
  • Indifferent and neutral
  • What literary device is used in the comparison of children to lambs?

  • Metaphor (correct)
  • Alliteration
  • Simile
  • Personification
  • What is the irony in the line 'They are weeping in the country of the free'?

    <p>That children are weeping in a country that is supposed to be free</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the poet's attitude towards the treatment of children in Victorian England?

    <p>Critical and disapproving</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is being highlighted by the contrast between the natural world and the children?

    <p>The darkness of the human condition</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the poet's purpose in using the phrase 'the young, young children'?

    <p>To emphasize their innocence</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the poet's tone in the line 'Do you question the young children in the sorrow'?

    <p>Rhetorical and questioning</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the poem's central theme?

    <p>The cruelty of child labor</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What literary device is used in the repetition of 'young' in 'the young, young children'?

    <p>Emphasis</p> Signup and view all the answers

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