English Listening Practice: Metaphors and Imagery | Dead Poets Society

The real English of poetry and figurative language, in slow, clear English — a figure of speech, a metaphor, a simile, imagery, literal, figurative, paint a picture, a verse, a stanza, carpe diem. An English learning podcast episode you can take on a walk or a long drive, because there is nothing on screen to miss. Taught through Dead Poets Society.

This episode covers the story of Dead Poets Society, Peter Weir’s 1989 drama about a new English teacher at a traditional boarding school who tells his class to rip the introduction out of the textbook and read poetry as something to live by — plus a vocabulary lesson built right into that story: the English of poetry and metaphor, from “a figure of speech” and “a metaphor” to “a simile”, “imagery”, “literal” and “figurative”, “a verse” and “a stanza”.

Perfect for advanced English learners who enjoy movies and want a slow, clear, podcast-friendly way to improve their English listening comprehension and vocabulary on the go — no video required.

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