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Hotel Room, 12th Floor, Main theme, ''Its uncivilised darkness'…
Hotel Room, 12th Floor
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Themes
The past (bloody, violent) and the present (technological advances, but are we any better?)
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'Hotel Room'
He is transient, passing through, not permanent.
'12th Floor'
He us in an elevated position, a vantage point. This allows him a different perspective on the city.
'from foreign places'
Enjambment - "foreign" - unfamiliar, unknown, strange, not understood --
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'all ups and acrosses'
Suggests a crossword puzzle - the visual image of a grid and contrasting squares (New York sky line) - suggests that the city is a puzzle with no clues.
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'The frontier is'
"The frontier" - the front line of conflict and another reference to the extended metaphor of the "Wild West". Idea of brutal, bloddy battles.
'somewhere else'
Enjambment - the suggestion is that the conflict is between light and dark, both literal and metaphorical, cannot be avoided.
'And no stockades'
Word choice of "stockades" continues the extended metaphor, MacCaig uses this to sum up the central concerns of his poem in the closing lines.
'the PanAm skyscraper'
Such an iconic symbol representing America's power, progress and dominance.
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'between a radio and a television set,'
Two symbols of communications are also signs of technology, also suggests he cannot rest in bed.
'the harsh screaming'
"harsh screaming" suggests fear, pain or panic...
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'the wildest warwhoops '
The war cries of the Native American warriors charging into battle now suggests a battle of a different kind (western films on TV).
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