... overwhelming as descriptions come to being, allowing the reader to visualize the events occurring before their eyes. The body is depicted as cool, rubbery, and detached from humanity. Throughout the poem, readers take on the perspective of a medical student as "things with weight and texture could be felt by your palpating fingers, their details encompassed by the eye"" (76) and can ... , doctors are placed on a pedestal in society's hierarchy but these implementations reassure readers of their human nature despite the events they witness every day. Though usage and analysis of these lit...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate