How does the world depicted on the class room walls differ from the world of the slum children ? (Word Limit 75-100)
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The poet starts with a detailed description of the pathetic condition of the children who study in a school located in a slum. These children are malnourished and sick. The poet compare them with rootless weeds. It seems as if their physical and mental growth has stopped. They have no exposure to the real world.These children are unkempt ,hungary, weak and emaciated. They are Bony and carry the Legacy of poverty and disease. They are living in an environment of utter hopelessness. They are given a glimpse of the outside world through the pictures hanging on their classroom walls. These seem to be totally meaningless to them. The map on the wall proclaims a world which is vast and limitless but the world of these children is limited to the slum. The pictures of Shakespeare's, Valley ,building, domes, etc have no meaning for these slum children. All these are out of context for them .