The theme portrayed in Elizabeth Barret Browning's poem "The Cry of the Children" is

The correct answer is 'Child Labour'.

Key Points

• The theme portrayed in Elizabeth Barret Browning's poem "The Cry of the Children" is 'Child Labour'.
• The themes in 'The Cry of the Children' include pain/suffering and God.
• Throughout the poem, Browning uses very direct language in order to address the overwhelming problem of children's labor during her lifetime. This was something that she often spoke out against, something that was quite unusual for the time. 
• Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime.
• Born in County Durham, the eldest of 11 children, Elizabeth Barrett wrote poetry from the age of eleven.
• Therefore, as per the points mentioned above, we find that the correct answer is Option 4.
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Correct Answer: Child Labour.