what was the most remarkable thing about the schoolmaster
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This poem by Oliver Goldsmith describes a village schoolmaster who occasions "wonder" in the people of the village, because of "how much he knew." The people in the village have never known anyone who is so wise in so many areas of learning, so their wonder increases "that one small head could carry all he knew."
The poem lists the various virtues of the schoolmaster. He is both severe and kind; he can write "and cipher." He is able to perform topographical measurements and analyze when the tides are likely to come in; rumor has it that he can even "gauge." The schoolmaster is also extremely skilled in arguing, or debating.
Ultimately, however, the village schoolmaster who "taught his little school" and occasioned such wonder over his great cleverness may have struck an impression with the villagers of his time, but it seems that his fame has not long outlived him. On the contrary, at the end of the poem, Goldsmith states, "past is all his fame." For all his great cleverness, the schoolmaster is now largely "forgot."