Question

How does the poet bring out the pathetic condition of the blind child in the poem the blind child

Answer 1

hardships and thoughts.

Here's a quick summary of the poem, if you'd like to get to grip with what each stanza means:

A summary of A Blind Child by WH Davies

As the title suggests, the poem is about a blind child that the poet encounters.

There is a hint of sorrow in the opening, where the blind child fails to see why her baby brother is laughing.

The second stanza says the sight of a dead body is not as sad as a blind child in a green garden - unable to appreciate the beauty of the world.

Then the child touches his face, trying to determine whether he is good - and this frightens the poet (suggesting maybe he isn't that good).

Hesitation on part of the poet continues in the final two stanzas, where he marks how the child cannot see the aspects of nature around (butterflies, cows on the hill etc...)