Hotel Room, 12th Floor Quotes Flashcards
1
Q
“jumbo sized dentist drill”
A
Metaphor
We associated this tool with pain and suffering in combination with a deep sense of fear and unease
This is how the poet feels when looking at the building.
2
Q
“police cars and ambulances racing to broken bones”
A
Onomatopoeia Suggests violence What they are rushing towards is incredibly serious and they need to intervene as quickly as possible. Physical violence Suffering
3
Q
“The frontier is never somewhere else.”
A
Wild West imagery
Evil is within us
No escape from evil
Help us understand that America has not progressed from this early and dangerous part of history
