Question

Question

Answer 1

Answer: B. And my father sold me while yet my tongue

Could scarcely cry 'weep! weep! 'weep! 'weep!

Explanation:

The speaker here is saying that their father gave them up to the labor market at an age when they could barely even cry talk more of speaking. This is an allusion to how young they were because children are less likely to be able to speak the younger they are.

This shows just how bad the Industrial Revolution was for children who were forced to work. The owners of the factory didn't care much for their age and only cared about the profit they stood to make and so hired them and paid them little wages which then went to their parents.