Elizabeth Barrett's poem The Cry of the Children is concerned with which major issue attendant on the Time of Troubles during the 1830s and 1840s ?
Correct answer: B. child labor
- A. women's rights and suffrage
- B. child labor
- C. Chartism
- D. the prudishness and old-fashioned ideals of her fellow Victorians
Explanation
The Cry of the Children exposes the suffering of children forced to work in mines and factories during the Industrial Age. Its central issue is therefore child labour, not Chartism or women’s suffrage.
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