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1
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What is the focus of Stanza 2?

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Author takes the old man down the stairs. They go back upstairs. All the senses are overwhelming.

2
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What is the focus of Stanza 3?

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Describes old mans life and says how hard it is as he’s helpless.

3
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What is the focus of Stanza 1?

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Old man wants to go to toilet.

4
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“A cup capsizes”

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Alliteration mimics the sound. It falls easily like the man would.

5
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“Formica”

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Cheap. Gives a sense of the setting.

6
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“Dull clatter”

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Cheap. You don’t care about the sound but the reader does.

7
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“few” “crowded”

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Contrast. Many people are there but only a few care.

8
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“trying”

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Struggling. People don’t help.

9
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“Slowly”

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He has to do everything slowly. His life is slow.

10
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“no power.”

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He is weak.

11
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“as far as he can get”

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He isn’t fully standing, he can’t.

12
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“dismal hump”

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Life is dismal.

13
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“Looming”

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His hump is always there casting a shadow.

14
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“monstrous animal caught in a tent”

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Scary. Makes you want to stay away and not help.

15
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“He sways slightly”

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Feeble. Sibilance draws attention to it.

16
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“face not seen”

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People don’t actually want to see his face. They don’t care.

17
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“I notice now his stick, one painted white / but scuffed and muddy”

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He used to be young and fresh.

18
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” ‘Give me - your arm - it’s better,’ “

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He’s done it before. It is a regular occurrence. He finds it difficult to speak or is embarrassed to ask.

19
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“Inch by inch”

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Moving really slowly. Imperial system reflects his age.

20
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“Drift”

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Contrasts to how he actually moves.

21
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“Landscape / to be negotiated”

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Hard to walk. Landscape has many obstacles.

22
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“crunch of spilt sugar………inches to the stairs”

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All the other senses are heightened due to his blindness. Onomatopoeia shows that he hears more.

23
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“Slow dangerous inches”

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Even inches are threatening.

24
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“Clings”

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He is helpless.

25
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“Probing the treads”

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He cannot see where the stairs end.

26
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“And slowly we go down. And slowly we go down.”

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Like the mans life withering away. The repetition emphasises pace.

27
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“White tiles and mirrors”

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A contrast to the old man.

28
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“At last”

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It has been a long journey.

29
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“Shambles”

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He doesn’t move elegantly.