Read this excerpt from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "The Cry of the Children." Which of these BEST describes the differences between the

way the article discusses child labor and the way the excerpt discusses

the issue?

The article explains Elizabeth Barrett Browning's

A) opinions of child labor, and the poem describes how

government officials felt about child labor.

The article describes why child labor was used during

B) the Victorian era, and the poem offers examples of

the jobs children performed.

The article presents facts about child labor, and the

C) poem expresses the emotional and physical effects

that hard labor had on children in their own voices.

The article shows the regulations put in place to end

D) child labor, and the poem explains how businesses

reacted.

Incomplete question. The missing excerpt read:

"For oh," say the children, "we are weary,

And we cannot run or leap—

If we cared for any meadows, it were merely

To drop down in them and sleep.

Our knees tremble sorely in the stooping—

We fall upon our faces, trying to go;

And, underneath our heavy eyelids drooping,

The reddest flower would look as pale as snow.”

C) The article presents facts about child labor, and the poem expresses the emotional and physical effects that hard labor had on children in their own voices.

Explanation:

We notice a contrast in the manner of expression from the excerpt, while the article stated facts about child labor there wasn't much of an emotional connection made.

However, in Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem, the reader is exposed to the feelings of the victims; the children, it tells us in their own voices how they felt emotionally and physically about their experiences. For example, in the poem, we are told the children said, "we are weary, And we cannot run or leap" indicating their physical distress.