5 Senses Flashcards
Loss:
Visiting hour
“Distance of pain that neither she nor I can cross”
W.C- shows that he realises what is happening, but he doesn’t want to accept it
“So many farewells”
- has a sense of finality
Is more personal
“Between her and me distance shrinks”
He has made the long journey through the hospital to get to her
There is now a fine line between life and death
Loss:
Memorial
“Everywhere she dies. Everywhere I go she dies”
Repetition- shows he has an inescapable awareness of her death / everything reminds him of her
“The sound of soundlessness”
Paradox- she has created a nothingness/emptiness
“The silence of her dying sounds”
Paradox- the silence is so intense that it is creating a noise
“Ever since she died she can’t stop dying”
Imagery- he realises it everyday/ it is the only thing he can think of
Loss:
Sounds of the day
“Before the whole hand goes numb”
Metaphor- it has been so hard losing someone that he can’t hear/ see / feel anything anymore- shows the emotional impact it has had on him
Contrast to the start of the poem
“You left me beside the whitest fire in the world”
He is made to be the victim. Wants to make his feelings clear
Very direct
Directly addressing her
Loss:
Aunt Julia
“By the Time I had learned a little
Tone of regret/ sadness
It’s too late to talk to her as she has died
“But I hear her still”
Challenging the nothingness of death
Hard to forget her
“So may questions unanswered”
Tone of regret
Lack of full stop shows they have unfinished business
