Visiting Hour

Created by: Kerri Marshall
Created on: 26-04-13 10:13

"...Nostrils/as they go bobbing along"

Synecdoche is used. Since not just his nostrils are moving along as image would suggest. This emphasises the overpowering nature of "the hospital smell", since it has blocked out his other senses.

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"White cave of forgetfulness"

Metaphor is used. Suggesting the white curtains or sheets are cave lke (impenetrable). This conveys the isolation of the woman, and the poets exclusion from her.

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"Withered hand/trembles on it stalk"

Metaphor, suggesting the womans body is brittle and frail, by comparing it to a dying flower. The image suggests the womans body has deteriorated, but contains hope for regrowth as well as showing the love with which the poets looks on the woman.

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"Glass Fang"

Metaphor, suggesting the intravenous drip is vampire like, The horror in this image is shocking, which shows the poets grief and distress at seeing the womans condition and being unable ot help her.

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"Black figure in her white cave"

Metaphor, reffering to the universal emage of death, "figure" also suggesting the womans blurred vision. This emphasises the isolation of the unavoidable death.

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"The round swimming waves of a bell"

Synasthesia, as a visual image descibes a sound (signalling the end of poem). "Swimming could suggest the poets dizziness (confusion) or tears. This is from the womans point of view, so further shows her isolation, and the poets isolation form her.

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Metaphor is used. Suggesting the white curtains or sheets are cave lke (impenetrable). This conveys the isolation of the woman, and the poets exclusion from her.

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"White cave of forgetfulness"

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Card 4

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Metaphor, suggesting the intravenous drip is vampire like, The horror in this image is shocking, which shows the poets grief and distress at seeing the womans condition and being unable ot help her.

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Card 5

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Metaphor, reffering to the universal emage of death, "figure" also suggesting the womans blurred vision. This emphasises the isolation of the unavoidable death.

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