The Sorcerer's Apprentice called"), a garbled version of one of Goethe's lines ('), which is often used to describe a situation where somebody summons help or uses allies that he cannot control, especially in politics. The animated 1940 Disney film "Fantasia" popularized the story from Goethe's poem, and the Paul Dukas symphonic poem based on it, in one of eight animated shorts based on classical music. In the piece, which retains the title "The Sorcerer's Apprentice", Mickey Mouse plays the apprentice, and the story follows Goethe's original closely, except that the sorcerer ("Yen Sid", or "Disney" backwards) is stern and angry with his
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