In this phrase the poet calls the future of slum children as foggy slum i.e. hopeless place. Hence the poetic device used here is metaphor. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum
In this phrase the poet calls the future of slum children as foggy slum i.e. hopeless place. Hence the poetic device used here is metaphor.
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The poet says that though the walls of the slum classroom are decorated with a map and other pictures, the map itself is “a bad example” for the slum children. The map does not truly represent the world of these children. Firstly, slums themselves are like blots on the map of a civilized world as thRead more
The poet says that though the walls of the slum classroom are decorated with a map and other pictures, the map itself is “a bad example” for the slum children. The map does not truly represent the world of these children. Firstly, slums themselves are like blots on the map of a civilized world as they indicate poverty and class inequality. Secondly, the slums that these children grow up in are not actually represented on any maps.
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