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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: CHILD LABOR Matches Found: 29 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A BALLAD OF DEAD GIRLS, by DANA BURNET Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Scarce had they brought the bodies down Last Line: To lock his doors again. Subject(s): Child Labor; New York City; Social Protest; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple A BOOK ON ECONOMICS, by HANIEL (CLARK) LONG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Between long rows of figures lurk Last Line: I see death freeze a baby's smile. Subject(s): Child Labor; Poverty; Women A PHOTO OF MINERS USA, 1908, by BRENDAN JAMES GALVIN Poem Full Text Poet's Biography First Line: With trees backing them / instead of the pit's mouth Subject(s): Child Labor; Industry; Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers AFTER THE FEVER LIFTED, by AL GABOR Poem Source First Line: All day gertruda followed her father's wagon Last Line: At the incessant %earthbound pull Subject(s): Child Labor; Fever; Memory ALBERT AYLER: EULOGY FOR A DECOMPOSED SAXOPHONE PLAYER, by STANLEY CROUCH Poem Source First Line: (the saxophone turned into a dolphin Last Line: And your flesh %now a slimy brown harpsichord slapped ashore Subject(s): Child Labor; Labor And Laborers ANNA IMROTH, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Cross the hands over the breast here - so Last Line: It is the hand of god and the lack of fire escapes. Subject(s): Child Labor; Fire BREAKING THE CHAIN, by TONY HARRISON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The mams, pig-sick of oilstains in the wash Last Line: But still I can't bear to part %with these never passed on, never used, dividers Subject(s): Child Labor CATFISH FARM, by ELTON GLASER Poem Source First Line: Here's low we do it, out in the sloppy fields Last Line: Bristle and swill, bonepickers with a seasick gait Subject(s): Child Labor; Farm Life; Fields CHILD LABOR, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "a creature wan, of dwarfed physique" Last Line: You will not fear the threat of hell Subject(s): Child Labor CHILD LABOR, by CHARLOTTE PERKINS STETSON GILMAN Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: No fledgling feeds the fatherbird Last Line: That lives upon its young! Alternate Author Name(s): Stetson, Charlotte Perkins Subject(s): Child Labor; Social Protest CHILDREN DANCE, by LUCILA GODOY ALCAYAGA Poem Source First Line: The mothers sit on their thresholds Last Line: Will keep on still, on high Subject(s): Child Labor; Children; Hunger CHILDREN OF THE STREET, by LEWIS MORRIS (1833-1907) Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Bright boys vociferous Last Line: Some vague philosopher. Subject(s): Child Labor; Great Britain; Newspapers; Poverty; Journalism; Journalists CRIES OF THE NEWSBOY (NEWS! SUN! OR WORLD!), by EDITH MATILDA THOMAS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Cruel the roar of the city ways Last Line: From some imagined sward or thicket near Subject(s): Child Labor; Newspapers HUNGRY, by MANJARI MURTHY Poem Source First Line: The children sat under the roof of the old straw hut Last Line: As they went to work some more Subject(s): Child Labor; Hunger; Poverty PARK WORKER, by PHILIP S. BRYANT Poem Source First Line: The harbor is as a baby's blue eye Last Line: And moves down the incline toward the water Subject(s): African Americans - Children; Child Labor; Girls PHOTO OF MINERS USA, 1908, by BRENDAN JAMES GALVIN Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: With trees backing them %instead of the pit's mouth Last Line: The artless smirk on the boy %with the high forehead %who thinks he will croon his way %out of this? Subject(s): Child Labor; Industry; Labor And Laborers POOR LITTLE JOE, by DAVID LAW PROUDFIT Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Prop yer eyes wide open, joey Last Line: O, my god! Can joe be dead! Alternate Author Name(s): Arkwright, Pegleg Subject(s): Child Labor; Death - Children; Death - Babies STREET CHILD'S SONG, by ELEANOR FARJEON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Who'll buy my valley lilies? Last Line: Who'll buy my daffydillies? Subject(s): Child Labor; Markets THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER, FR. SONGS OF EXPERIENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A little black thing among the snow Last Line: "who make up a heaven of our misery." Subject(s): Bible; Child Labor; Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys; Mythology THE CHIMNEY SWEEPER, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE, by WILLIAM BLAKE Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When my mother died I was very young Last Line: So if all do their duty, they need not fear harm. Subject(s): Bible; Child Labor; Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys; Mythology THE CHIMNEY-SWEEPER'S COMPLAINT, by MARY (CUMBERLAND) ALCOCK Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A chimney-sweeper's boy am I; / pity my wretched fate! Last Line: How thankful should I be! Subject(s): Child Labor; Chimney Sweepers & Chimneys THE CRY OF THE CHILDREN, by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do ye hear the children weeping, o my brothers Last Line: Than the strong man in his wrath.' Variant Title(s): The Bitter Cry Of The Children Subject(s): Child Labor; Coal Mines & Miners; Freedom; Social Protest; Liberty THE FACTORIES, by MARGARET WIDDEMER Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: I have shut my little sister in from life and light Last Line: God of life! Creator! It was I! It was I! Alternate Author Name(s): Schauffler, Mrs. Robert H. Subject(s): Child Labor; Labor & Laborers; New York City; Work; Workers; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple THE GOLF LINKS, by SARAH NORCLIFFE CLEGHORN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: The golf links lie so near the mill Last Line: And see the men at play. Variant Title(s): Quatrain Subject(s): Child Labor; Golf; Social Protest; Sports THE WEE COLLIER LADDIE, by THOMAS STEWART Poem Text First Line: Sad the widow'd one gazed on her wee collier laddie Last Line: An' soars in a sang, hailing morn's golden glow. Alternate Author Name(s): Rustic Rhymer Subject(s): Child Labor; Mines And Miners THE WEST COUNTRY, by ALICE CARY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Have you been in our wild west country? Then Last Line: Men clothe him with their praise. Subject(s): Child Labor; Homesteaders; West (u.s.); Southwest; Pacific States VISTAS OF LABOR: 4. FACTORY CHILDREN, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Here toil the striplings, who should be a-swarm Last Line: "my kingdom is made up of such as these." Subject(s): Child Labor; Factories; Life; Religion; Youth; Theology VOICE FROM THE FACTORIES, SELS., by CAROLINE ELIZABETH SARAH SHERIDAN NORTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Alternate Author Name(s): Stevenson, Pearce; Stirling-maxwell, Lady; Norton, The Honourable Mrs. Caroline Subject(s): Child Labor; Factories WORKING GIRLS, by CARL SANDBURG Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The working girls in the morning are going to work Last Line: Streets. Subject(s): Child Labor; Labor & Laborers; Work; Workers |
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