hotel 12th floor Flashcards
a helicopter skirting like a damaged insect
simile shows the movement of the helicopter and the distance he is from it. helicopter refers to the wealth of the city, and that the damage of it represents the society is damaged due to its increasing pursuit for technology and material wealth
but now midnight has come in from foreign places
metaphor of midnight for crime and foreign places shows he feels unfamiliar and unsafe in the night
its uncivilised darkness is shot at by a million lit windows, all upon and crosses
metaphor- referring to light beaming down on the streets and gun violence. also references the amount of people that live there
but midnight is not so easily defeated
enjambment - reveals how persistent midnight is showing the occurring violence and crime
lie in bed, between a radio and a television set
symbolises how even though he is alone he is experiencing the ‘city that never sleeps’ through radio and tv broadcast , gives us a picture of an overstimulated environment and comments on modern day capitalism and America as a whole
and hear the wildest of warwhoops continually ululating through the glittering canyons and gulches
onomatopoeia, alliteration and metaphor - reference to the crime happening outside to the Wild West.
police cars and ambulances racing to the broken bones
synecdoche/ alliteration- highlights the violence and frequency of the violence by removing the individuals from it
police cars and ambulances racing to the broken bones
synecdoche/ alliteration - highlights the violence and frequency of the violence by removing the individuals from it
harsh screaming from Goldwater flats, the blood glazed on sidewalks
synecdoche to highlight the poverty people are living in
synecdoche - blood represents the violence and the people being hurt. word choice of glazed has connotations that it is vcovered in blood
and no stockades can keep the mid night out
enjambment/ metaphor / repetition - highlight the overwhelming nature of it
