Can anyone give me an explanation line by line in the short poem "golf course" by Sarah N. Cleghorn?
If you've never heard I talk about him writing it in its very short .. but I'm trying to figure out what the golf Cleghorn Sarah "The golf course is located so close The plant that nearly every day working children can look out and see the men in the game "Can anyone give me a line by line explanation this? it would be a lost cause im freaking! All I know is that she felt very strongly about child labor and that is what this poem is based on, but for some im stump'd reason – please help! thanks
LOL that's easy. It is talking about child labor, and men who grew rich and fat which during the late 1800s. "The golf course is located so close to the factory," OK, the author presents two things – a golf course and a mill of some sort, probably fabric ( "mill" can mean any type of plant), which are close to each other "almost daily" means just what it says, this is a common event. "The working children can watch" have children working in this factory / factory "And see the men in the game "the men are playing golf while the kids work out their ends in a dangerous factory. The author is to point out the absurdity of the situation – Must not be working men and children are playing? But child labor was common in those days, while the factory owners became rich by exploiting children. She also shows how these rich guys playing golf lazy do not care about anybody but themselves. Here they are, not far from a factory where children are being made to work in dangerous conditions for almost no money, and what they are doing? Are they protesting the working conditions at the factory? No. Are they trying to shut it down? No. Are they trying to help children in some way? No. They're just playing golf.
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