How the Snake Lost Its Legs the leopard/elephant/camel got its spots/trunk/hump". Held's ability to captivate the reader's imagination compares to the mischievousness of Kipling's pourquoi stories," but the reader, "is also encouraged to extrapolate from general principles by the constant reminder that animals use a conserved set of developmental genes to construct their bodies." Martin finds evo-devo fascinating, "inherently colorful and well placed to fulfill the dual goal of etiological myths: explaining origins and causes while also stirring imagination and awe. Overall, the latest opus by Lewis Held Jr. fits that niche nicely, and shines by its ability to span essential concepts and empirical work with
The Cry of the Children (poem) 1842). The poem has a melancholy tone of the poem and the rhyme scheme reinforces the symbolism. Overall, Browning’s use of tone, symbolism, and rhyme scheme help readers understand the underlying “truth” as to why children were forced into manual labor by their exploiters. Beaming Notes (2015) Barrett Browning, Elizabeth (1842). “The Cry of the Children”. The Cry of the Children (poem) "The Cry of the Children" is a poem by English writer Elizabeth Barrett Browning. It examines children’s manual labor forced upon them by their exploiters. It was published in August 1843 in "Blackwood's Magazine". This was shortly following