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An Elementary School Classroom In A Slum
(i) Who have been appealed to help the lot of slum children?
(ii) How can the map become their windows to real world?
(iii) According to the poet who do make the history?
(iv) Explain : ‘Run azure on gold sands’.
(i) The poet Stephen Spender appeals the governor, teacher, inspector, visitor to come ahead to educate the children of the slums.
(ii) The map will become their windows to the real world by educating and helping them break open their closed window.
(iii) Those whose language has the warmth and power of the sun, make the history.
(iv) They who get educated can make their world of miseries full of pleasures.
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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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