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An Elementary School Classroom In A Slum

Question
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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?

Solution

The walls of the colour is “sour cream” that suggests of white but it has a sour smell. It exhibits the depression, dejection and disappointment on the faces of slum school children. These walls suggest the decaying aspect and thereby the slum children are too in the pitiable as well as miserable state of affairs. They need the attention of the civilized people.