Comparison Geography Lesson Black Beard

What the teachers The teacher was a man who
are like and what felt great passion for the
you learn of their subject he taught. He taught
lives us to love the places we
studied during the geography
lesson, and inspired us to
travel and not just to live in a
world of longing and dreams,
as the teacher did.
The teacher is very strict.
His face is always
scowl.The teacher has a
nickname called “Black
Beard”. He is extremely
focus and serious on
working and not playing

The effect the The teacher taught the
teachers have on students that it is important to
their students follow your dreams and not to
live for tomorrow.
The students are afraid of
the teacher. They say that
his discipline methods are
ruthless, so the students
have no freedom.

The words the poets “All his life had longed to be”. “ His face wears a permanent
use to create their Traveling around the world is scowl”. This means the
pictures of the the teacher’s dream.Sadly, teacher is very serious and
teacher however, the teacher never strict. “His only response is to
managed to leave his ‘narrow growl”.If the student asks him
a question he will respond by
and grey’ house or shake off
shouting at the student.
‘the school’s stranglehold’
and travel to ‘the lands he
longed to visit’. During his
final term, the teacher ‘took ill
and never returned’. His
dreams were never realized
and he faded from the
collective memory of the
school; even his name was
forgotten.

The structures of the 6 stanzas. The rhyme 3 stanzas. The rhyme

poems and how they scheme is ABCB scheme is ABCB
help to emphasis
key words
How the poets use Alliteration and assonance There is no assonance in the
phonetic devices make the foreign lands poem. The example of
such as alliteration attractive and effective and it alliteration is black beard.
and assonance definitely contributes to the
readers’ enjoyment of the
poem. Examples of
assonance are mind’s eye,
jasmine clambering and
green leaves. Examples of
alliteration are sweet-scented
and life had longed.

How the poets use Similes and metaphors help Metaphor: angrily barks out
similes, metaphors the reader create a mental
and personification picture as they
read.Personification used to
give human
characteristics.One example
of personification is
“sweet-scented jasmine
clambering up the walls”