In Mrs Tilschers Class (The 5 T's)

Happiness

joy

passion

enthusiasm

friendships

growing up

nostalgia

Metaphors 'a skittle of milk' and the tadpoles changed from 'commas to exclamation marks'

Similes 'The classroom glowed like a sweetshop'

Alliteration 'sexy sky'

Assonance 'heavy sexy sky'

Hyperbole '“A tangible alarm made you always untidy, hot, / fractious under the heavy, sexy sky”

rhyme

personification

Growing up

Learning new things

Playing with friends

Friendships

Eagerness and enthusiasm to learn

The journey from a child to adolescence

I enjoyed this poem because it shows the happiness the children had in school and the enthusiasm they had to learn. It also displays the journey from being a child to adolescence