Blake sees "every Infant's cry of fear" and is disgusted by it (line 6). ... The fact that the children of London are in misery and poverty makes the upper class, the church and the monarchy even richer. ... Most likely, these girls were abandoned by their families because of poverty, death or both. ... The men that did come back were sick, wounded, tired and poverty stricken. ... He sees "every face" (line 3), feels "every cry" (line 5), and hears "In every voice...The mind-forged manacles" (line 7-8). ...

• Word Count: 1148
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

A lot of people were fed up with the waste and poverty and it seemed the only way to get the point across was with a pen and paper. ... For example, in line 3 the poem states, "Could scarcely cry weep weep weep weep". ... In line 6 Wordsworth gives a magnificent of imagery to the reader, "The winds that will be howling at all hours. " This is where Wordsworth gives nature human emotion so that it is easier for the reader to relate to what is being said and to help get them back with nature. ...

• Word Count: 573
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The idea that cannibalism be used to solve Ireland's poverty and famine problem is typical of England during this era, and to have the narrator look down upon the Irish as though they were expendable, is expected of England. ... By reinforcing the superiority aspect of the English through the work, Swift gently suggests that they are out of line and that they"re instincts need to be reexamined. ...

• Word Count: 638
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

But it semained practically the only one of the period Accounts of travelers, English and foreign, show London to have been dirty and harmful, lacking the common amenities, a city of violent contrast between luxury and elegance and poverty and inglincss, and above all of great disturbances... The big provincial towns were like London but with less wealth and more poverty, more despair, less social order, more disease, but, like London, full of opportunity for men tough temperament, endless vigoure to acquire the modest affluence necessary to enter the demi-paradise of comfort and ease which th...

• Word Count: 1184
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

This line strikes me as confusing; the children are going back to terrible, awful "jobs", yet they are singing and acting as if they are a powerful army going to battle, even though they are being lead by their exploiters with disciplinary wands (Anthology, pg 22). ... The song that I felt was powerful in the Songs of Innocence is reduced to a "trembling cry" (line 5, pg 24). ... Society is full of hunger, suffering, and poverty. ... This poem envisions a life where the children can escape the exploitation as seen by line 13 and 14, "And by came an Angel who had a brig...

• Word Count: 1237
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Every year, many Americans donate money to the Christian Children's Fund where it is then used to heal, feed, and educate poverty-stricken children all over the world. ... Once the acorns reach a certain age, they fall to the ground detached from their life line. ...

• Word Count: 824
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This last line in particular gives the reader a clear understanding that his intent is to make a statement about the way the Irish are treated by the more wealthy and powerful British. ... According to Richard Feingold, Swift doesn't believe that people are capable of dealing with the problem of poverty in a rational manner. ...

• Word Count: 931
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Every year, many Americans donate money to the Christian Children's Fund where it is then used to heal, feed, and educate poverty-stricken children all over the world. ... Once the acorns reach a certain age, they fall to the ground ,detached from their life-line. ...

• Word Count: 906
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School