CBSE Class 12 · English · Flamingo / Vistas
An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum
Chapter summary, hard words and model exam answers for Class 12 English.
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About the author
Stephen Spender. Describes impoverished children in slum classroom - map and windows promise world they cannot reach; poet urges governor, donor, teacher to open maps and windows for equal opportunity.
Summary
Pale faces, rat's eyes, inherited bone-thin poverty.
Pale faces, rat's eyes, inherited bone-thin poverty.
Shakespeare, valleys, Tyrolese valley - distant world.
Shakespeare, valleys, Tyrolese valley - distant world.
Fog outside; future painted with lead sky.
Fog outside; future painted with lead sky.
Poet calls to break open windows and map.
Poet calls to break open windows and map.
Let them run in green fields; let education free.
Let them run in green fields; let education free.
Hard words & meanings
| slag | waste from metal |
| civilized | cultured and developed |
| fog | thick mist |
| belfries | bell towers |
| gusty | windy |
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