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An Elementary School Classroom In A Slum
Explain “For these children these windows, not this world, are world”.
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The poet says, “and yet for these children, these windows, not this map, their world”. Which world do these children belong to? Which world is inaccessible to them?
The civilized world is the world of the rich. They draw their own maps. The dirty slums and scramped holes find no place in them. The slum children are aloof to the Tyrolese valley which blooms with flowers, rivers and birds. Their lot is confined to the classroom windows. The world of the rich and civilized is inaccessible to 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?
What is the unnoted boy doing at the back of the classroom?
How is the future of the children of an elementary school in a slum depicted by poet Stephen Spender?
Why does Stephen Spender call the slum children of Tyrol as unsung fighters? What is his appeal for them?
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