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What message does Stephen Spender convey through the poem : 'An
Elementary School Classroom in a Slum' ?

Stephen Spender talks about social injustice and class inequalities in the poem. The children in the elementary school in the slum are far away from the grandeur of the progressive outside world. Their future is painted with fog i.e. they have no hope of improvement. They are shut off from the world of the elite and the priveledged. They  are far away from the  beauty of literature and continue their lives in cramped holes...i.e their life is buried under catcombs(underground cemeteries). Only the people in authority can change their miserable lives and help them to rewrite their history. 
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Through this poem Stephen Spender wants to convey about social injustice and class inequalities. Expressing his concern about the plight of the slum children, he appeals to the governors, visitors and inspectors to provide equal opportunities for education to the children. 
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Stephen Spender conveys the message of social justice and class equalities by preventing two contrasting and incompatible worlds. He provides a way out. For achieving any significant progress and development the gap between the two worlds must be abridged. This can be done only by breaking the barriers that bind the slum children in dark, narrow, cramped holes and lanes. Let them be made mentally and physically free to lead happy lives. Only then art, culture and literature will have relevance for them.
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Stephen Spender conveys the message of social justice and class equalities by preventing two contrasting and incompatible worlds. He provides a way out. For achieving any significant progress and development the gap between the two worlds must be abridged. This can be done only by breaking the barriers that bind the slum children in dark, narrow, cramped holes and lanes. Let them be made mentally and physically free to lead happy lives. Only then art, culture and literature will have relevance for them.

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