Across
- 4. description of bells showing woman’s ill health
- 7. metaphor for woman’s arm in relation to her health
- 9. woman’s eyes are described as
- 11. oxymoron describing speakers frustration at death
- 14. shows admiration towards nurses
- 15. repeated phrase in stanza 3
- 16. colours of hospital corridors
- 18. what do nurses carry
Down
- 1. imagery describing effect of hospital smell on speaker
- 2. how does the woman greet death
- 3. destination of corpse
- 5. represents death
- 6. drives a wedge between woman and speaker
- 8. facial appearance representing nurses emotional strength
- 10. describes draining nature of hospital care
- 12. minor sentence establishing setting
- 13. vampire metaphor
- 17. effortlessness of nurses doing their job