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An Elementary School Classroom In A Slum
How does Spender interpret the poverty stricken yet onward struggling men in the poem : ‘An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum?’
Spender points out that the life of slum children in Tyrol is devoid of proper educational facilities. Their classroom windows are their world. Though the flowery valley of Tyrol resonates with church bells yet it brings no light because the slum is their world. They are lost in foggy environment and these are like big dooms. They seem to be struggling for a brighter future. So the poet urges the educated people to help them.
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What do you think is the colour of “sour cream?” Why do you think the poet has used this expression to describe the classroom walls?
The walls of the classroom are decorated with the pictures of ‘Shakespeare, ‘buildings with domes’, ‘world maps’ and ‘beautiful valleys’. How do these contrast with the world of these children?
What does the poet want for the children of the slums ? How can their lives be made to change?
Have you ever visited or seen an elementary school in a slum? What does it look-like?
How does Stephen Spender depict the life of the children of ‘An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum?
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