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WorksheetsNorman MacCaig - Hotel Room 12th Floor
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 8mins
"This morning I watched from here
a helicopter skirting like a damaged (a) "
"the Empire State Building, that
jumbo size dentist’s drill," - this metaphor has connotations off:
Suffering and pain
Joy and happiness
Confusion and noise
Size and power
"But now midnight has come in
from foreign places." what are day and night being used for in this poem?
To show time passing
To symbolise hope and lack of
To symbolise good and evil
To symbolise how close to destruction the earth is.
"Its uncivilised darkness
is shot at by a million lit windows, all
ups and acrosses" - is meant to highlight...
Religion's role in trying to hold back the "uncivil"
The complexity of the situation, just like a crossword
The modern lighting of NYC
A gang fight
"But midnight is not
so easily (a) ."
Why does he "lie in bed, between
a radio and a television set," Why does he do this?
He loves the news
He has tinnitus
He is trying to block out the noise from below
He can't switch them off
"the wildest of warwhoops continually ululating through
the glittering canyons and gulches" - What is being described here?
The screams of people fighting
A battle taking place
A dream he is having
The siren's of emergency vehicles
"police cars and ambulances racing
to the broken bones" What techniques are on show here? (you may need to pick several)
Enjambment
Alliteration
Simile
Metaphor
" the blood
glazed on sidewalks." What effect is created by using the word "glazed".
It makes you think of donuts
It makes it seem icy
It shows the pavement is made of slippery material
It shows the violence is constant and never-ending
"The frontier is never
somewhere else." could mean...
That we should build a wall
That we should explore
That we are all capable of evil
That war is about to start
"The frontier is never
somewhere else. And no stockades
can keep the midnight out." - finishes the poem with a tone of...
Pessimism
Optimism
Joy
Humour
What are two of the main themes within this poem?
The fine line between civility and violence
Human nature
Love
Loss
