An Elementary School Classroom (Summary)
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Stephen Spender, an English poet and essayist, wrote the poem "An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum" after leaving Oxford University without a degree to go to Berlin in 1930. The poem focuses on the themes of social injustice and class inequalities. It describes children in a run-down elementary school classroom who appear tired, thin, and lacking energy due to their impoverished conditions and backgrounds. While pictures of Shakespeare and maps decorate the dirty off-white walls, these donations are meaningless to the children, who have no opportunities outside of their bleak slum lives.
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2) Pablo Neruda (1904-1973) was the pen name of Chilean poet and diplomat Ricardo Eliécer Neftalí Reyes Basoalto. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1971 and was influential for his politically charged works.
3) Stephen Spender (1909-1995) was an English poet who lived in Germany before World War II and was part of the group known as the
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I'm from homemade bread, fresh berries, homemade jam
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I'm from the quiet streets of Amherst, spreading trees
I'm from Father, Mother, sister Lavinia, brother Austin
I'm from "Come live with me and be my love", "Because I could not stop for Death"
I wonder about nature, life after death
I hear birds singing, leaves rustling
I see flowers blooming, the changing seasons
I want to understand God, eternity
I am afraid of being forgotten
I pretend that I'm just like everyone else
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- He was born in 1849 in Stockholm to a bankrupt father and struggled financially throughout his life.
- He had an unstable childhood and struggled to find his place between the upper and lower classes.
- He pursued multiple careers including teaching, medicine, and acting before finding success as a dramatist in his 20s.
- His breakthrough play "The Outlaw" was produced in 1871 and gained him royal patronage from King Carl XV.
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- 2. Summary First Stanza Poetlook at the children of an Elementry school in a slum. Poet says that :- There is no energy on their faces. They look useless and meaningless and face are covered with uncombed hair. A girl was very tall and thin and it holds her head up. then ,it shows lack of energy.
- 3. Oneboyis paperthinand his eyeslikea rat’ s eyes. Oneboyhas a disease of bonesfrom his father.he is reciting the lesson. The boyon the backseat lookslikeexception He lookshappy,calmanhcheerful.hismindis fullof game . He had watched as the squirrelsplayedin the hoolow of the tree.
- 4. Secand Stanza The poetlook,classroom dirty wall and colouris off- white. The wall hangsame picturelikea Shakespere,an open map ofthe worldand few pictureare beautifulplaces. All thethings are givedoniationsbutthey all the things are useless and meaningless forall children.