Rewrite - "Visiting Hour" The poem "Visiting Hour" was written by the Scottish poet Norman MacCaig. In the poem‚ MacCaig shows the central idea is loss and death. This central idea is achieved through the use of various techniques such as imagery‚ structure and narrative stance. The poem is about a visit MacCain makes to a dying relative in a hospital. Throughout the poem‚ MacCaig gives his thoughts and feeling to how he fails to cope with the situation. The poet also uses enjambment‚ metaphor
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Memorial by Norman MacCaig This poem is an elegy‚ a poem that is a lament for the dead‚ for a beloved person in Maccaig’s life‚ probably his sister Frances. It is a sad and beautiful poem about how her death pervades every aspect of his life. He makes it clear that her death is not for him an event that has its place in the past. Instead the process of her dying stays with him constantly- In the opening of the poem he states‚’ Everywhere she dies’ and in the final stanza‚ ‘she can’t stop dying’
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The main theme of this poem written by Norman MacCaig is Death and Death is something that every single one of us will have to face one day because it is also written in the bible that God said from the Garden of Eden That from the dust you were made from the dust you shall return so this means as long as we are human beings we WILL face Death some day of our lives and this poem is a very good example of that kind of situation‚ Norman has also used different types of techniques to convey his feelings
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“Sparrow” by Norman MacCaig has a strong social issue of the class system and how the classes differ. MacCaig talks about the issue of the class system in relation to survival of to fittest. The poem itself talks about birds like sparrows and other birds in general‚ which are metaphors for people. Word choice‚ sentence structure and enjambment were strong in improving my understanding of the social issue of the class system. MacCaig uses word choice to describe the sparrow and other birds in
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A poem in which the poet explores the emotion of loss is “Visiting Hour” by Norman MacCaig. ‘Visiting Hour’ is a poem dealing with someone visiting a close relative in hospital who is terminally ill. The poet creates this loss emotion through his use of structure‚ metaphors and creates an ultimate acceptance theme to enhance my understanding of the central concerns of the poem. MacCaig starts off the poem by using different types of structure‚ including enjambment‚ repetition and word order‚ to
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Brooklyn Cop “Brooklyn Cop” written by Scottish poet Norman McCaig‚ is a poem that conveys a police officer in Brooklyn to be an aggressive yet affectionate man. Throughout the poem McCaig uses word choice and imagery techniques to express the dual sided nature of the cop. We see that the way he behaves on the streets of Brooklyn contrasts with how he is at home with his wife. The dual sided nature of the cop is shown through the physical description that McCaig uses to convey him. McCaig does
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Basking Shark : commentary By : Maaria Chehab Basking shark by Norman MacCaig is a free verse poem‚ that might have been written to question the ‘evil’ natures of humans‚ using sharks metaphorical renaissance for the idea. The narrator introduces this un-intuitive question in line 13‚ quite bluntly by saying “ So who is the monster? The thought made me grow pale….” MacCaig uses figurative language‚ syntax‚ and diction to create this artwork. The poem starts off in a body of water‚ with the narrator
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Task: Choose a poem strongly linked to a specific location. Explain how the poet creates an impression of what life is like in that place. Norman MacCaig’s poem‚ ‘Hotel Room‚ 12th Floor’‚ presents a view from a high window in a hotel in the largest city in the most powerful nation in the world. It is morning and the poet is looking out over the city. As night falls the poet begins to feel uneasy. Down below on the streets chaos and violence seem to take over. From his hotel room the poet
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March 16‚ 2012 Visiting Grandparents In retrospect‚ there was something exciting about leaving school early especially earlier than everybody else. My mother came to grab me out of Ms. Wojtyna’s fourth grade class. “Excuse me‚ I’m sorry for interrupting but I have come to pick up my daughter. Today she is leaving to China”‚ said my mother. At last‚ my adventure starts today! No longer would I be under my mother’s grasps . No longer would I have to bore my head in despair and suffer the stifling
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Some people find visiting museums boring as a form of entertainment‚ while others believe that the role of museums is to educate people‚ not entertain. Discuss‚ what is your opinion? In our world today‚ there is a wide variety of museums where people can travel to and see differently interesting things. Some people state that visiting museums is only a form of recreation; others disagree‚ arguing that museums play a role in education. In fact‚ each of these arguments has its own validity. Firstly
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