Visiting Hour

Question 1

VH Themes

Answer 1

Isolation
Facing Loss
Confronting Mortality

Question 2

I will not feel, I will not feel until I have to

Answer 2

Enjambment of the word “not” emphasises the denial felt and he is struggling to deal with his emotions

Question 3

Green and Yellow

Answer 3

Connotations of sickness

Question 4

So…so….so

Answer 4

Repetition. Emphasises the emotional strain.

Question 5

Ward 7.

Answer 5

Short sentence. Caesura, shows his fear with a pause. Blunt, minor sentence. He has reached his destination.

Question 6

White cave of forgetfulness

Answer 6

He is unaware of his surrounding, he is distracted.

Question 7

Distance

Answer 7

One is alive, one is near death. They are isolated from one another. Right next to each other but feel worlds apart.

Question 8

Swiftly -> clumsily .. dizzily

Answer 8

Contrast. Change in atmosphere.

Question 9

Fruitless fruits.

Answer 9

Oxymoron, proximity of death. A pointless gift. The poem closes on hopelessness.

Question 10

Stanza 1

Answer 10

X

Question 11

Stanza 2

Answer 11

Z

Question 12

Stanza 3

Answer 12

G

Question 13

Stanza 4

Answer 13

G

Question 14

Stanza 5

Answer 14

C

Question 15

Stanza 6

Answer 15

H