I don't think the author repeats the stanzas 1 and 5 simply for repetition. As I read the poem, the first stanza provided the setting for the poem. It also provided a general background on what was going on. The last stanza, while saying the exact same thing, now has the added impact of the 3 stanzas before it. The discussion of the poster with Cain and Abel, the description of the teacher, and the lesson the children were reciting all combine to build on the first stanza. When it talks about students studying their lesson, you now know what they were studying, and you also have the rich text of what was going on on the other side of the windowpanes.
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think of it too like a refrain of a poem or a song's chorus: both are repetitive
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