"What seems a corpse/ is trundled into a lift and vanished/ heavenward"
Enjambment, emphasises last words, subconciously contemplating relatives death. trying to push thoughts to the side, trying to be positve, belief in life after death.
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"so much pain, so/ many deaths/ so many farewells"
Repetiton stresses frequency of nurses unpleasent dealings, supports high esteem, envious of nurses ability to deal with death.
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"farewells"
The ending of the verse draws readers attention, underlines purpose of visiting, 'good wishes on parting', suggestive of possiblilitythe people will meet again, departing to embark on a new journey, poets believes in life after death.
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"fruitless fruits"
The final words are an oxymoron: how can a fruit be 'fruitless'? Captures poets despair at the pointlessness of the relatives death being prolonged, poets inability to help. "fruitless" actually represents pointlessness.
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Theme of the poem
Dying is something we do alone, even when surrounded by loved ones. Poets inablity to communicate, as if the patient has already begun the process of dying. Highlights the need to communicate while we can, leave nothing unsaid.
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Front
"so much pain, so/ many deaths/ so many farewells"
Back
Repetiton stresses frequency of nurses unpleasent dealings, supports high esteem, envious of nurses ability to deal with death.
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