Mrs Tilchers class

Question 1

“Laugh of a bell”

Answer 1

Personification- it emphasizes the happiness experienced by all the children in the school. It creates a nostalgic tone by using a typical primary school experience like the sound of the bell to emphasise the happiness felt by all the pupils

Question 2

“Like a sweet shop”

Answer 2

Simile- compares the joy and excitement in the classroom to a sweet shop. Sweet shops are exciting to primary school kids so using this as a way to show how happy her and her classmates where in school is effective

Question 3

“The inky tadpoles changed from commas into exclamation marks”

Answer 3

“Changed” sets the tone for the rest of the poem. It uses typical language skills you learn in primary school like commas and exclamation marks to show how the children are maturing and changing overtime.

Question 4

“Thunderstorm”

Answer 4

Imagery, shows how Duffy is feeling about moving onto the next chapter of her life and progressing onto adulthood. Her emotions are all over the place like a thunderstorm; she is excited to enter adulthood but nervous to leave her old school where she found comfort and happiness within it