The truth was, that the little Puritans, being of the most intolerant brood that ever lived, had got a vague idea of something outlandish, unearthly, or at variance with ordinary fashions, in the mother and child, and therefore scorned them in their hearts, and not unfrequently reviled them with their tongues.
<span>The description of the windows as empty eyes with a ghostly look creates a dark mood.
This poem is very dark in tone and by the descriptive words used. </span>
Answer:
C. It criticizes British attitudes toward poverty in Ireland, but in an indirect way.
Explanation:
Satire is the use of using "humor" directed at or during a serious event. Criticizing the British and their thinking of poverty in an indirect way is using satire to make fun of the British all the while they themselves are in poverty and are poor.
