Question

1. Describe the children of the slum in the poem 'An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum.'
(CBSE 200​

Answer 1

This poem by Stephen Spender gives a vivid description of a school classroom in a slum and the children in the class. The faces of the children are dull. Their appearance shows that they are unwanted. ... At the dim end of the room, sits one child who has bright eyes which seem to dream - of playing outside with squirrels.