An elementary school classroom in a slum

What does the poet want for the children of the slums ? How can their lives be made to change ?

How does the poet describe the slum children ?

What is the classroom in the elementary school in the slum like ?

To the poet the maps and the pictures on the walls of the classroom are meaningless in the context of the lives of the slum children. Why does he feel so ?

What does the world of the slum children consist of ?

The poet suggests that the children of the slums are caught in a web from which there is no escape. Why does he think so ?