At back of the dim class

One unnoted, sweet and young.

His eyes live in a dream,

Of squirrel’s game, in the tree room,

other than this.

The classroom is dim because:

• it is full of smoke

• it is full of dust

   

• it lacks proper ventilation

   

• there is no proper facility of light

Tick the item which best answers of the following:

Tick the item which best answers of the following:

Tick the item which best answers of the following:

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?