Norman MacCaig's poem describes a visit to the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi. The basilica's role as a landmark is contrasted with the Christian ideals behind its construction. Visiting Hour ...

Both in its original French (“La Prisonnière de Bordeaux”) and in its English translation (“Visiting Hours”), the title for Patricia Mazuy’s latest offers a bit of misdirection.

In Norman MacCaig's poem Visiting Hour, the speaker uses synecdoche to describe himself as he visits his wife in hospital: 'the hospital smell combs my nostrils as they go bobbing along.' ...