visit hour

Question 1

the hospital smell

Answer 1

metaphor:
Sensory image of overwhelming smell, permeates/assaults his nose.

Question 2

bobbling along

Answer 2

WC - suggests joy - seems out o place, as if he is trying to trick himself or deny his discomfort

Question 3

corpse

Answer 3

WC - Connotations of death - reveals speakers dark thoughts of death - worried about loved one

Question 4

heavenward

Answer 4

Enjandment - Puts heavy emphasis on highlighting the isolation and finality of death by putting the word on its own line

metaphor
compares normal event in a hospital to a soul going to its final resting place

Question 5

here up and down there

Answer 5

Repetition/List - Emphasises amount of hard work/duty of nurses - helping everywhere

Question 6

farewells

Answer 6

wc connotations of journey - death as a final journey

Question 7

ward 7

Answer 7

short sentence - he has arrived - inescapable harsh reality and emotional impact

Question 8

trembles on its stalk

Answer 8

Metaphor - compares her to flowers - delicate, beautiful, fragrant, but decaying

Question 9

dizzily

Answer 9

connotations of confusing and uncertanty
SO full of grief hes confused

Question 10

quote list visit hour

Answer 10

dizzily
corpse
trembles on its stalk
ward 7
farewells
here up and down there
heavenward
the hospital smell

Question 11

in a white cave of forgetfulness

Answer 11

metaphor
isolated and distant from speaker
losing herself