Oppression is when a group of people are being subjected to unjust and cruel treatment. Both the poems The Cry of the Children by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Oppression by Langston Hughes involve oppression. Both poems express this topic in different ways. Elizabeth does it by emphasizing the appalling working conditions forced upon the children of that time. Langston Hughes expresses oppression by revealing what occurs during the oppression of a group of people and to not give up hope. Though there are numerous differences in the two poems, they still convey the same topic and their wish to stop the oppression.
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The Cry of the Children is a lot darker than Oppression. The word I would use for the mood would be depressed because the children in the poem are weary of going to work in the mines. In one line the children reply saying ““It is good when it happens," say the children, "That we die before our time !"”. That means the children want to die which can only be described as depressing. It is also said that the children do not want to play and they just want to sleep. A word that can describe the tone of this poem is outraged because at the speaker is indignant at the treatment of these children. For example, this anger can be shown in the line that say “ “how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart”” Elizabeth is outraged that child labour allowed in the Industrial Revolution which was the time when child labour occurred the most.
Oppression is much lighter than The Cry of the Children because Langston Hughes focuses more on the idea that the oppression will end. The mood of his poem is comforting because in the lines it talks about how there will be end to the oppression. For instance, one line states “But the dream Will come back, And the song Break Its jail.” That line also is evidence for the tone being described as confident. Langston Hughes seems confident that the oppression will for the African Americans and that someday they will be able to live their life the way they want
Both poets grew up during a time when oppression was occurring. While Langston Hughes got first hand experience of oppression …show more content…
The Cry of the Children is a lot darker than Oppression. The word I would use for the mood would be depressed because the children in the poem are weary of going to work in the mines. In one line the children reply saying ““It is good when it happens," say the children, "That we die before our time !"”. That means the children want to die which can only be described as depressing. It is also said that the children do not want to play and they just want to sleep. A word that can describe the tone of this poem is outraged because at the speaker is indignant at the treatment of these children. For example, this anger can be shown in the line that say “ “how long, O cruel nation, Will you stand, to move the world, on a child's heart”” Elizabeth is outraged that child labour allowed in the Industrial Revolution which was the time when child labour occurred the most.
Oppression is much lighter than The Cry of the Children because Langston Hughes focuses more on the idea that the oppression will end. The mood of his poem is comforting because in the lines it talks about how there will be end to the oppression. For instance, one line states “But the dream Will come back, And the song Break Its jail.” That line also is evidence for the tone being described as confident. Langston Hughes seems confident that the oppression will for the African Americans and that someday they will be able to live their life the way they want