Visiting hour Flashcards
“Green and yellow”
Makes us think of pus/vomit, not comfortable and distressing scene
“Corpse”
A dead body, mood / atmosphere was general feeling of hopelessness at this stage of the visit
“I will not feel, I will not feel, until I have to”
Repetition,like he’s talking to himself, denying the pain being given off and he’s making a determined effort to remain detached, using enjambment and staccato rhythm
“Walk”
“down”
Sombre mood,connotations of efficiency, syntax unusual word order emphasising the busyness of the nurses, like everywhere at once
“carrying their burden of so much pain”
“Their eyes still clear after so many farewells”
They can deal with trauma,nurses seen so many deaths and are prepared for more
“Eyes move behind eyelids too heavy to raise”
Enjambment,woman’s trying to communicate but she’s so weak she can’t. It’s a burden of approaching death and leaving the loved one behind
“She smiles”
“Round swimming waves”
Isolation,futility of communication , tears emotion, losing control using metaphors
“In her white cave who clumsily rises”
Effective imagery,describes a woman being alone in her white cave of forgetfulness
“Brother of the poor,talker with the birds”
They both feel alone,social injustice,deflated and suppressed,
“Combs my nostrils”
Painful, unpleasant connotations,synecdoche and pungent, acrid and acerbic smells like its distressing
