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• “so much pain, so/ many deaths …/ so manyfarewells” – Repetition of “so” stresses thefrequency of the nurses’ unpleasant dealings,which supports the high esteem, perhapsenvy, with which he regards the ability of thenurses to cope.
• “farewells” – the ending of the verse on thisdraws attention to the word, which underlinesthe purpose of his visit.
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 and 22: Imagery• A combined term for figu
Page 23 and 24: Stanza 3• Summary - He forces him
Page 25 and 26: Stanza 4• Summary- He tries to oc
Page 27: • “miraculously” - word- choi
Page 31 and 32: “Ward 7.” - caesura is a pause

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