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Classroom Dreams in a Slum by Affaan Kidwai is a document available to read on EtoBox.

The document summarizes a poem titled "An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum" by Stephen Spender. The poem describes poor children sitting in a dim, run-down classroom in the slums. Their pale, sickly faces are compared to rootless weeds. One boy is as thin as paper with rat-like eyes, reflecting their poor nourishment and living conditions. In contrast, the classroom walls feature donations of pictures depicting a more beautiful world outside the slums like Shakespeare, valleys and maps that only serve

Author

Affaan Kidwai

Language

EN