Elizabeth Barrett Browning's "A Child Asleep" _____.

Auses the child sleeping as metaphor
Bis written in blank verse
Cdescribes the child as more beautiful than flowers
Ddemonstrates the author's concern for the role of women

Verified Answer :

the answer is going to be A.

The correct answer is option c) "describes the child as more beautiful than flowers". Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poem "A Child Asleep" describes the wonderful feeling that is to contemplate a child sleeping. By the third stanza of the poem the author states that "Heaven-flowers, rayed by shadows golden, from the paths they sprang beneath" verses that implie that the child is more beautiful than flowers.