A piece of Victorian versification which notoriously lends itself to parody; but I always think this a pity, as I feel that the extremely effective, and affecting, original is actually a very poignant & powerful bit of polemic. No doubt it was the 'Victorian-ness' of the original, + a certain embarrassment at its undoubted truth about the no doubt well-meaning but ill-judging Guardians, who, however, "didn't give Relief".

As to the poem itself: Respect, I say.

♫♫❤~Michael~❤♫♫