Hotel Room, 12th Floor Flashcards
1
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“Hotel Room, 12th Floor”
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The title of the poem immediately establishes a specific setting for the poem.
2
Q
‘This morning I watched from here’
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This establishes a particular time, creating a sense of immediacy and adding realism to the poem.
3
Q
‘A helicopter skirting like a damaged insect/ the Empire State Building.’
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Simile - The comparison to an insect suggests that the modern technology is small, irritating and insignificant in comparison to the tall buildings.
4
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“damaged”
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Simile - ’damaged’ suggests something that is broken or in a state of decline. Is the poet suggesting that modern technology is an inferior copy of nature, or that pursuit of wealth and technology has caused society to become ‘broken’?
