Question
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?
Solution
Here through these pictures the poet wants to suggest the prosperity, progress, wellbeing and development of the civilized world. But the slum world of these poor children is in the troubled state of life. They are devoid of education, money and other necessities of life. They are underfed and live in dire poverty on the heaps of waste. Their bonny bodies can be seen through their skins. So the poet contrasts the poor world with the rich and civilized world.
