Visiting Hour Flashcards
How does MacCaig show that the nurses are really busy?
By using syntax- an unusual word order emphasises how busy they are and how they are everywhere at the one time “here and up and down and there”.
What does the Caesura in stanza 5 make the reader imagine?
“Ward 7” makes the reader imagine the door number on the ward/room door. The numeral stands out.
What do the corridors have connotations of?
Yellow and green= unpleasant connotations- vomit/pus
What technique is used when the protagonist is denying his feelings?
Repetition- of “I will not feel”
How is “white cave of forgetfulness” effective?
Because it’s as if the white curtains are drawn round the hospital bed or she is vaguely seeing through a snowfall, possibly coming in and out of consciousness?
