Diction; Words (4) Teacher's diction (2) Nouns and lexical fields (4) Verbs (3) Wordplay

- Monosyllabic - 'Fine. Off we go', 'well', 'right', 'well, really'; the teacher is uninterested in Duffy - Imperatives - 'show your appreciation by clapping. Not too loud', 'run along now girls'; controlling nature - Concrete and pertaining to school life and education - 'class', 'poet', 'book', 'lesson'; no flexibility for creative expression (traditional) - Stative - 'write', 'know', 'sit'; rigid environment and mentality - 'midst', 'Seasons of mist and so on and so forth'; showing off her intellect