hotel room 12th floor

Question 1

what does stanza one reflect

Answer 1

stanza one reflects how the city looks in the morning and focuses on the bright modern appearance of the city but at the end moves to a darker, more dangerous city

Question 2

what does stanza 2 reflect?

Answer 2

stanza two explores the threatening night world in more detail and links it to the wild west

Question 3

in the opening stanza what is compared to a jumbo size dentists drill?

Answer 3

empire state building

Question 4

what is the form of hotel room 12th floor?

Answer 4

free verse

Question 5

what is implied by maccaigs description of a helicopter as a damaged insect?

Answer 5

the helicopter is insignificant and he is not impressed by it nor the building that surround it

Question 6

towards the end of the opening stanza what does the focus shift to?

Answer 6

night time

Question 7

darkness is described as being “shot at by a million lit windows” what theme does this develop and why

Answer 7

conflict because “shot at” has connotations of gunfire and helps to develop the theme of conflict

Question 8

in stanza 2 which sense does maccaig regularly refer to

Answer 8

sound

Question 9

what is suggested by the specification that the screaming emits from “coldwater flats”

Answer 9

that the poorer sections of society are most vulnerable

Question 10

what way does maccaig describe rural amerca?

Answer 10

positivly, he says it is glittering meaning that it is beautiful and eye catching.

Question 11

what does maccaig refer to in the closing stanza

Answer 11

frontier- an artificial border between people

Question 12

which of these is not a central theme in the poem?
-modernisation
-human condition
-isolation

Answer 12

isolation, the poem is set in an urban environment and explored the dangers it can hold.