THE CRY OF THE

CHILDREN
(X)
NAME : R.DHARANI
18ENGO23
E N G L I S H D E PA R T M E N T
ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING
Elizabeth Barrett Browning

 Elizabeth Barrett browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in
Britain and the united status during her life time.

 she was born on 6th march 1806,,in coxhoe hall.

 Elizabeth wrote poetry from about the age of six.

THE POEM WAS ABOUT THE
CHILDREN SUFFERING

THE CHILDREN ARE

WORKING IN THE MINEs

THEY ARE DRONING

THE WHEELS FOR THE
WHOLE DAY
The teacher motivates the students by asking some questions
related to the concept.
What do you think about children working as labours ?
Have you seen any child labours in your daily life ?
Can you give some reasons for children working as labours ?
Tell me some of the actions you would take to rescue them ?
What would be the mind set of the child labour ?
Do you think employing children for work is a right thing ?
LINE 1-4
From the first four lines, we saw that the children are so
tired and they can’t run or even leap. Normally children like to
play in the meadows. But the children working as labours will fall
asleep in the meadows as they are so tired working all day.
Line 5-12
Next lines are about the childrens pain. Their
knees tremble because of tiredness. They could can’t
even control their heavy eyelids from sleep. Due to
their sleepy eyes the reddest flower seems pale as
snow. They drag the wheels whole day in the dark
underground.
Lines 13-18
All the day the wheels use to turn without rest, due to the
rotating wheels the children could feel the wind in their faces. They
feel that the walls also turn. Due the turning wall the sky seen from
the window blank also seems to turn. Not only the sky but also the
long light falling from the wall also seems to turn.
line 19 to 24
The children feels that the black flies crawling on the wall
also seems to rotate. All the things in the underground seems to
rotate. All the day the iron wheels are rotating. Sometimes the
children could pray that the wheels could stop and let it be silent for
one day.
Vocabulary:
Weary – feeling, showing extreme tiredness
leap – jump, spring a long way, with great force
Meadows – a piece of grassland
Tremble – shake involuntarily
Droning – make a continuous low humming sound
Drooping – bend or hang downwards limply
Moaning – make a long
Crawl – move forward on the hands and knees
Rhyming words:
Weary – merely
Leap – sleep
Stooping – drooping
Turning – burning
Reeling – ceiling
Droning – moaning
 Simile
The reddest flower would look
as pale as snow.
 Personification
‘o ye wheels’
‘stop! be silent for to-day’
From ancient days till now the children
are being employed for work. Even
though there are many government
actions to stop this crime, it still
happens in some parts of the nation.
We the young seeds should completely
try to stop the children working in
their young age.
Thank
you