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It is a bone disorder in which a person's bone are twisted. According to the poet, the boy has inherited this disease from his father. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum
It is a bone disorder in which a person’s bone are twisted. According to the poet, the boy has inherited this disease from his father.
See lessThe phrase "Break O Break" is a symbol of revolt agains the tyranny and suppression of the poor by rich. The poet pleads the rich and the ruling class to break the barrier between themselves and the slum children or else one day they will burn their beautiful towns and valleys. Read summary of An ElRead more
The phrase “Break O Break” is a symbol of revolt agains the tyranny and suppression of the poor by rich. The poet pleads the rich and the ruling class to break the barrier between themselves and the slum children or else one day they will burn their beautiful towns and valleys.
See lessGusty waves refer to the people living in urban areas. In other words, gusty waves refer to those who are strong and influential like the wind. The children of slums live far away from them. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum
Gusty waves refer to the people living in urban areas. In other words, gusty waves refer to those who are strong and influential like the wind. The children of slums live far away from them.
See lessFollowing literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem An Elementary School in a Slum: Simile: It is a literary device used for comparing two unlike things using like or as. e.g. "Like rootless weeds, the hair torn", "these children Wear skins peeped through by bones and spectaclesRead more
Following literary devices/figures of speech have been used in the poem An Elementary School in a Slum:
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See lessThe poet raises the issues of poverty, injustice, scarcity and hopeless which prevail among the students of slum. In the beginning, he describes the condition of children of slum. They have diseases, weak bodies and absolutely no idea of learning because they do not have access to basic necessitiesRead more
The poet raises the issues of poverty, injustice, scarcity and hopeless which prevail among the students of slum. In the beginning, he describes the condition of children of slum. They have diseases, weak bodies and absolutely no idea of learning because they do not have access to basic necessities of life.
The poet describes the condition of classroom which is dark and its walls have foul smell and fainted colour. There are pictures of Shakespeare, beautiful valley and word map. According to the poet, all these things are inaccessible to the slum children. Hence he believes that they should not be there as they make the poor children adopt immoral ways to attain those comforts.
These children are trapped in the slum which has no escape. The poet compares the slums with cemetery (dead bodies cannot come out of cemetery).
Poet believes that the students need something else before education. It is food, health, hygiene, and shelter. They need means to come out of the slums and dream like rich.
See lessThe white leaves symbolise walls of school (in slum) and green leaves symbolise green fields (which are in pictures hanging on the white walls). In other words, the poet brings two different things together (walls of slum schools and green fields of beautiful valleys) in the poem. Read summary of AnRead more
The white leaves symbolise walls of school (in slum) and green leaves symbolise green fields (which are in pictures hanging on the white walls). In other words, the poet brings two different things together (walls of slum schools and green fields of beautiful valleys) in the poem.
See lessThe slum children inherit poverty, diseases, disorders and unhygienic living conditions from their parents. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum
The slum children inherit poverty, diseases, disorders and unhygienic living conditions from their parents.
See lessAmbience means atmosphere. In the poem, the children are in pathetic condition. They have weak bodies, disorders, unhygienic conditions and absolutely no concept of education. The school wall is full of foul smell and pale colour. There are pictures of outside world (far away from slum) but the poetRead more
Ambience means atmosphere. In the poem, the children are in pathetic condition. They have weak bodies, disorders, unhygienic conditions and absolutely no concept of education. The school wall is full of foul smell and pale colour.
There are pictures of outside world (far away from slum) but the poet considers these pictures to be harmful for the students because they cannot afford them and use immoral ways to get them. This leads them to become thieves and robbers.
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"Them" refers to children of slum School in the poem An Elementary School in a Slum. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum
“Them” refers to children of slum School in the poem An Elementary School in a Slum.
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The tree room is a small room in which the squirrels live and play. The boy sitting at the back is thinking of squirrel playing in its tree room. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum
The tree room is a small room in which the squirrels live and play. The boy sitting at the back is thinking of squirrel playing in its tree room.
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