Visiting Hour Flashcards
1
Q
Their slender…
A
Their slender waists miraculously carrying their burden
Word choice
Amazed, jealous
Metaphor
Nurses like angels
2
Q
Glass fang…
A
Glass fang is fixed
Metaphor
IV cannula is a vampire
Suggests discomfort and weariness
Or untrusting
3
Q
Black figure in…
A
Black figure in her white cave
Metaphor
Poet appears blurred in her in her sight
Universal image of death
McCaig leaves as death approaches
4
Q
Fruitless..
A
Fruitless fruits
Metaphor
Emphasis of the pointlessness of
Prolonged death.
Bitter desperation
5
Q
I will not feel…
A
I will not feel, I will not feel, until I have to.
Repetition
Chanting
He is holding his emotions.
