Visiting Hour (Austin) Flashcards
(6 cards)
1
Q
Loss
A
Loss of loved one
Leaving behind books that will not be read
Growing fainter
2
Q
Setting in visiting hour
A
The poet’s journey through the hospital suggests sickness and conveys his anxiety at the start of the visit ‘green and yellow corridors’ / ‘what seems a corpse is trundled into a lift’
3
Q
Suffering
A
Guzzling not giving
4
Q
People/places
A
Carrying the burden of so much pain
Their eyes so clear after so many farewells
Green and yellow corridors
5
Q
Isolation
A
Distance of pain neither she nor I could cross
6
Q
Commentary
A
Death is inevitable
Round swimming waves of a bell
