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• “vanishes” further stresses the poet’s viewthat death is absolute.• “heavenward” seems strange, - this is simplyan example of MacCaig trying to avoid theseriousness of the visit by creating unusualimages – imagery
Stanza 3• Summary - He forces himself to keep hisemotions under control.
Page 1 and 2: Visiting HourBy Norman MacCaig
Page 3 and 4: Structure•The way a text is putto
Page 5 and 6: • The verses deal with the poet
Page 7 and 8: More on StructureThe structure of a
Page 9 and 10: Stream of Consciousness• The poem
Page 11 and 12: Stanza 1• Summary - The poet enco
Page 13 and 14: What is word-choice?• The writer
Page 15 and 16: Synecdoche• This is a figure of s
Page 17 and 18: • “green and yellow corridors
Page 19 and 20: Enjambment• A line of verse that
Page 21: Imagery• A combined term for figu
Page 25 and 26: Stanza 4• Summary- He tries to oc
Page 27 and 28: • “miraculously” - word- choi
Page 29 and 30: • “farewells” - the ending of
Page 31 and 32: “Ward 7.” - caesura is a pause

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