Para four - structure (caesura)

Question 1

Point

Answer 1

Finally, MacCaig explores the emotional impact that hospitals have on their visitors through the use of a caesura, a structural technique.

Question 2

Quote + analysis

Answer 2

The quote “Ward seven” is an example of a caesura because it acts as a pause which breaks up the line. This helps to develop the idea that the speaker finds it difficult to visit the hospital because it suggests that when he is there he finds it hard to think straight. It enforces that the speaker is finding it hard to come to terms with the death of his loved one.