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    There are pictures of William Shakespeare, a clear sky morning and Tyrolese Valley (which is green and beautiful). There is also a world map. According to the poet, all these pictures are hanging on the dirty wall of Elementary school of slum. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quizRead more

    There are pictures of William Shakespeare, a clear sky morning and Tyrolese Valley (which is green and beautiful). There is also a world map. According to the poet, all these pictures are hanging on the dirty wall of Elementary school of slum.

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    According to the poet, these pictures are not good for the poor students of slum areas because they tempt them (students) to steal things as they are too poor to achieve what they see in those pictures. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    According to the poet, these pictures are not good for the poor students of slum areas because they tempt them (students) to steal things as they are too poor to achieve what they see in those pictures.

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    There are pictures of Shakespeare, a cloudless and clear sky morning and Tyrolese Valley (which is green and beautiful). There is also a world map. According to the poet, all these pictures are on the dirty wall of Elementary school of slum. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz oRead more

    There are pictures of Shakespeare, a cloudless and clear sky morning and Tyrolese Valley (which is green and beautiful). There is also a world map. According to the poet, all these pictures are on the dirty wall of Elementary school of slum.

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    Sour cream symbolises dull colour. According to the poet the walls of the elementary school in slum are dirty and smelly. The essentially represent the state of education in slums. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    Sour cream symbolises dull colour. According to the poet the walls of the elementary school in slum are dirty and smelly. The essentially represent the state of education in slums.

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    The poet compares the colour of walls with sour cream because they are dull and smelly. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    The poet compares the colour of walls with sour cream because they are dull and smelly.

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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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    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.

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    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. 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.

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    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. 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.

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    Following 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:

    1. 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 spectacles of steel With mended glass, like bottle bits on stones”, “their maps with slums as big as doom”, “shut upon their lives like catacombs”.
    2. Metaphor: It is a literary device that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. e.g.
      gusty waves”, “The paper- seeming boy, with rat’s eyes.”, “sour cream walls”, “all their future’s painted with a fog”, “sealed in with a lead sky”, “From fog to endless night”, “their time and space are foggy slum”, “whose language is the sun”.
    3. Repetition: It is the repetition of certain words or phrases in the poem for poetic effect. e.g. “far far from“, “break O break“.
    4. Alliteration: It is the occurrence of the same sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. e.g. “Far far from”, “other than this”, “A narrow street sealed in with a lead sky”, “Surely, Shakespeare is wicked”, “spectacles of steel”, “bottle bits on stones”, “lives like catacomb”.
    5. Pun: It is a literary device that plays with words that have multiple meanings. e.g. “reciting a father’s gnarled disease“, “sour cream”, “lead sky”. All these words/phrases have multiple meanings.
    6. Personification: It is the attribution of human characteristics to non-human things and animals. e.g. “civilized dome riding all cities.”. The word ride is used for humans. Here it is used for “civilized dome”.
    7. Metonymy: It is the substitution of the name of an attribute or adjunct for that of the thing meant. e.g. “Awarding the world its world”. World here symbolizes rich people.
    8. Enjambment: It is the continuation of a sentence or clause across a line break. e.g. “His eyes live in a dream / Of squirrel’s game, in tree room, other than this.”

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