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Reading the extract given below and answer the questions that follow : .......... On their slag heap, these childrenWear skins peeped through by bones and spectacles of steelWith mended glass, like bottle bits on stones.(a) Name the poem and the poet.(b) Explain : ‘slag heap.’(c) What future awaits these children ?(d) Name the figure of speech used in the third line. |
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Answer» (a) An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum; Stephen Spender. (b) Refers to garbage dump, mound of industrial waste/ slum. Detailed Answer : ‘Slag heaps’ refers to the badly nourished and very weak bodies of the children who live in poor conditions in slum. They are just like unwanted waste materials. (c) Dark/bleak/dismal/hopeless/painted with fog/miserable. Detailed Answer : The poet thinks that these children have a dark and bleak future. There is no chance of any growth or progress. It is very difficult to say whether they will be able to fulfill their dreams or not. (d) Simile/Alliteration |
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