what are catacombs why does the poet use the symbol of the catacombs in connection with the lives of the - English - An Elementary School Classroom in a Slum

Question

what are catacombs?why does the poet use the symbol of the
catacombs in connection with the lives of the children of the
school of the slum?

Kavya Shabu · Accepted Answer

catacomb is an underground cemetry
in the poem the open handed map shows only the world of the rich
shutting of this poor children's slum like a cemetry

what are catacombs?why does the poet use the symbol of the catacombs in connection with the lives of the children of the school of the slum?