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A bad or a good teacher

A bad teacher is negatively pessimistic A good teacher is positively optimistic A bad teacher swears all the time A good teacher cares in their prime A bad teacher passes on rude fear A good teacher has on good ears A bad teacher discourages A good teacher encourages A bad teacher despairs A good teacher prepares A bad teacher likes to bitch A good teacher likes to teach A bad teacher shouts every moment A good teacher scouts for every talent A bad teacher is up for crude devices A good teacher is up for good advice A bad teacher lets students fight on in the dark A good teacher sets students on the right track A bad teacher feeds on their looks A good teachers reads many books A bad teacher sings along with wrong faults A good teacher brings along the right results

Sylvia Chidi

Interpretation In this poem a bad or a good teacher Sylvia Chidi compares and contrasts the good and bad teachers. In the first two lines of the poems she presents two options of the character of the teacher. The good teachers always keep the promise but the bad teacher broke the promise. She describes every bad and good characters that teachers have.

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Similes: figures of speech that compares two unlike things, using the words like or as. Alliteration: the repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words. Metaphor: a figure of speech that compares two unlike things directly, without the use of like or as. Personification: assigning human qualities to non-human things. Onomatopoeia: words that imitate sounds. Hyperbole: an expression of exaggeration. Symbolism: using an object to represent an idea. A symbol means what it is and also something more. Puns: words with a humorous double meaning, a "play on words." Idioms: expressions that have a meaning apart from the meanings of the individual words. Foot: the time period into which the beat of the poetic line is divided. A foot is made up of several syllables, some long and some short. Meter: refers to how the feet are put together to form lines of poetry. The combinations of long and short syllables give poetry a musical feel. Rhythm: the pattern of long and short syllables in a poetic line. In modern poetry, some words receive greater vocal emphasis than others. Lyrics: what poets write, the actual words used to form the framework of rhythm and meter. Mood: the overall feeling the poem creates. Mood, or tone, for example, can be playful, sad, lonely, angry or joyful.

"His feet were as big as boats." "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers." "Her hair is silk." "The tropical storm slept for two days." "Boom. Gurgle. Plink." "I nearly died laughing." Lions often symbolize royalty.

"A dog not only has a fur coat but also pants." "It's raining cats and dogs."

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