POEM - 2 : Geography Lesson English - POEM - 2 : Geography Lesson

“There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard”. What do you mean by the word “inevitability”?

When did it become clear as to why the city had developed the way it is?

The earth has more _____ than _____.

What became clear when the jet reached ten thousand feet?

Who is the poet of the poem “Geography Lesson”?

When the jet rose six miles high,
it was clear the earth was round
and that it had more sea than land.
But it was difficult to understand
that the men on the earth found
causes to hate each other, to build
walls across cities and to kill.
From that height, it was not clear why.
Questions:
(1) What became clear to the poet when his jet rose six miles high ?
(2) What was difficult for the poet to understand?
(3) What is the message that the poet wants to convey in the poem?

When the jet sprang into the sky.
it was clear why the city
had developed the way it had.
seeing it scaled six inches to the mile.
There seemed an inevitability about what on ground had looked haphazard.
unplanned and without style
When the jet sprang into the sky.
Questions:
(1) What does the poet think when he goes up in the jet?
(2) How does the set up on the ground seem to the poet?
(3) What, according to the poet, is "inevitability"?

When the jet reached ten thousand feet.
it was clear why the country
had cities where the rivers ran
and why the valleys were populated.
The logic of geography that land and water attracted man was clearly delineated
When the jet reached ten thousand feet.
Questions :
(1) What became clear to the poet when the jet soared ten thousand feet?
(2) What logic of geography is revealed in this stanza?
(3) Pick out the refrain from the stanza.

What lesson of Geography did the poet learn when he flew above his city?

Sum up the main ideas of the poem in about 50 words.