Language
“My brow was acceptably high”- metaphor of intelligence, tend to stereotypes.
Colloquialism of “out of my league” contrasted with the archaic phrase “besotted” miscommunication and exaggeration
“And quite distracted by me”- dramatic irony
Structure
“Wasn’t a lie” and “wasn’t exactly true”
Same syntactic structure. This use of parallelism shows how they are similar to eachother
I liked classical music- repetition
Form
ABCB rhyme scheme- a limerick (a nursery rhyme)
vs Sophisticated compound rythum (Walz rythum)
or Iambic tetrametrer
Ballad
Context
Humour tone with sarcasm
Relatability
Primary school
Links
Vacuum cleaner one