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  1. The unlucky heir refers to a stunted boy with some bone disorder disease. According to the poet, this poor boy inherited the diseases from his poor father. In other words, he inherited not only the extreme poverty but diseases as well. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An ERead more

    The unlucky heir refers to a stunted boy with some bone disorder disease. According to the poet, this poor boy inherited the diseases from his poor father. In other words, he inherited not only the extreme poverty but diseases as well.

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  1. In the poem, the stunted boy is reciting gnarled disease of his father. The word "recite" refers to repeating something. Here it probably means that the boy's body has same disease which his father has. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    In the poem, the stunted boy is reciting gnarled disease of his father. The word “recite” refers to repeating something. Here it probably means that the boy’s body has same disease which his father has.

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  1. The living conditions of the slum children are worst. They are poor, lack hygiene, don't have proper food or shelter. They are undesired and unaccepted in the upper society. Because of their dirty and unhygienic faces, the poet calls them "rootless weeds" (which become dry when taken out of earth).Read more

    The living conditions of the slum children are worst. They are poor, lack hygiene, don’t have proper food or shelter. They are undesired and unaccepted in the upper society. Because of their dirty and unhygienic faces, the poet calls them “rootless weeds” (which become dry when taken out of earth).

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  1. According to the poet, map is a bad example for slum children because it is something which they cannot achieve as they do not have resources and moreover the people of upper class do not like them. The hopes and dreams which these maps show make them to adopt wrong ways for getting these. They becoRead more

    According to the poet, map is a bad example for slum children because it is something which they cannot achieve as they do not have resources and moreover the people of upper class do not like them. The hopes and dreams which these maps show make them to adopt wrong ways for getting these. They become robbers and thieves. This is why the poet considers map as a bad example for the students studying in the Elementary School of slum.

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  1. The hopes and dreams which these maps show make them to adopt immoral ways for getting comfort. Hence they become robbers and thieves and start stealing things. This is why the poet considers map as a bad example for the students studying in the Elementary School of slum. Read summary of An ElementaRead more

    The hopes and dreams which these maps show make them to adopt immoral ways for getting comfort. Hence they become robbers and thieves and start stealing things. This is why the poet considers map as a bad example for the students studying in the Elementary School of slum.

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  1. The poet considers slums as big doom because it is a blockade which does not allow the children of slum areas to escape. The children have to live in their present conditions throughout the life. For them, there is less food, no hygiene, no shelter. They have to live in such worst condition throughoRead more

    The poet considers slums as big doom because it is a blockade which does not allow the children of slum areas to escape. The children have to live in their present conditions throughout the life. For them, there is less food, no hygiene, no shelter. They have to live in such worst condition throughout their life.

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  1. The poem An Elementary School in a Slum is written by Stephen Spender. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    The poem An Elementary School in a Slum is written by Stephen Spender.

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  1. Fog refers to their blur future and endless night symbolises their condition after stealing. According to the poet, these children do not have future. Those who desire to acquire worldly things by stealing make their blur future dark like night. Hence there is no relief for them. They have to remainRead more

    Fog refers to their blur future and endless night symbolises their condition after stealing. According to the poet, these children do not have future. Those who desire to acquire worldly things by stealing make their blur future dark like night. Hence there is no relief for them. They have to remain in their present condition forever.

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  1. An unnoted, sweet and young child sits at the back of dark room. He does not know about studies or the concept of education. He is thinking of squirrel's game in its tree which he happened to notice. Read summary of An Elementary School in a Slum Play quiz on An Elementary School in a Slum

    An unnoted, sweet and young child sits at the back of dark room. He does not know about studies or the concept of education. He is thinking of squirrel’s game in its tree which he happened to notice.

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  1. 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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