On sour cream walls, donations.

Shakespeare’s heady

Cloudless at dawn, civilized dome riding all cities.

Belled’ flowery, Tyrolese valley.

Openhanded map

Awarding the world its world

‘Awarding the world its world’ means:

 

• might is right

• wealth has magical powers

   

• the world is the monopoly of the rich and powerful people

   

• the poor live and die unknown

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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?