Question

What do you think is the colour of ‘sour cream’? Why do you think the poet has used this expression to describe the classroom walls?

Answer 1

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I think is the colour of ‘sour cream’ is yellow or creamy white. Sour cream meant dirt & foul smell. I think the poet has used this expression ‘sour cream’ to describe the colour and foul smell of the classroom walls. Because the walls of a classroom in an elementary school in a slum are dirty(colour) , damp and give the smell of sour cream(foul smell).

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Answer 2

Hey !!

The colour of ''Sour Cream'' is an unpleasant off white. The poet, Stephen Spender has used this expression to describe the unpleasantness and the unusualness of the situation. These walls actually symbolise the pathetic condition of the lives of these children.

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