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 An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum                         Central Idea In this poem the poet,Stephen Spender, has presented a true picture of the life of the school children living in a slum . The children are in a very miserable condition due to their poverty and illiteracy. They are depressed. Their pale faces shows their sadness. They look weak and lean. Due to not getting proper nourishment their bonnes peeped out their skins.They are like rootless weeds which can't resist anything for their existence. They are physically very weak and under nourished. Spender is much worried for these children who live all their life in slum and have no opportunity to enjoy the real blessings of life. He makes a frantic appeal to the authorities,the educated and affluent sections of the society to make the life of slum children better through education. It will remove social injustice and class inequality. इस कविता में कवि स्टीफन स्पेंडर ने एक झुग्गी में रहने वाले स्कूली बच्चों के जीवन

 Q.1 . What is the kind of pain and ache that the poet feels ?                                                                                   ( वह किस प्रकार का पीड़ा और दर्द है जिसे कवियत्री महसूस करती है ? ) )  Ans . The poetes sees her mother sitting beside her and she is dozing . Her mouth is open . Her face is pale like a dead body . She is ageing . This is the pain and ache that the poetess feels .                          कवियत्री अपनी माँ को अपने पास बैठे हुए देखती है । वह सो रही   है । उनका मुँह खुला हुआ है । उनका चेहरा एक शव की भाँति पीला है । वह वृद्ध है । इस प्रकार का पीड़ा और दर्द कवियत्री महसूस करती है ।  Q.2 . Why are the young trees described as '    sprinting ?                                                                            ( हरे भरे वृक्ष को " तेजी से भाग रहे हैं " के रूप में वर्णन क्यों किया गया है ? )  Ans . The young trees has been described as ' sprinting ' because they are full of strength and they seem to be running because th