Imagery - Visiting Hour

Question 1

A withered hand trembles on its stalk.

Answer 1

1. A metaphor is used to compare the sick patient to a dying plant
2. Just as a dead plant is weak and droopy so too the patient’s hand is fragile and frail
3. This suggests the patient extremely ill and in her final stages of life

Question 2

combs my nostrils as they go bobbing along green and yellow corridors

Answer 2

1. metaphor
2. Just as a “comb” brushes through individual hairs thoroughly so too the scents filter through his nose and attack his senses ingraining themselves in his memory

Question 3

a glass fang is fixed not guzzling but giving

Answer 3

1. A metaphor is comparing a needle to a vampire
2. Just as a vampire fang is sharp and steals blood from others
3. So this suggests the needle pierces the skin but in this case is giving fluids, not taking them away