Diction; Register Lexical fields (2) Nouns (2)

Colloquial, unpoetic - 'he weighed a ton', 'I'm a mucky ghost', 'flogged it', he leaves 'mess' (defeacation), 'nicked a bust of Shakespeare once' (juxtaposition) Isolation - 'tough', 'boring', 'mute' Loneliness - 'frozen', 'chill', 'ghost' (lack of warmth) Concrete - 'guitar', 'camera', 'snowman' (what he steals) Abstract - 'boredom' (how he feels)