Hotel Room 12Th Floor. Hotel Room 12th Floor. The poet quickly establishes the setting as New York through reference to prominent landmarks and goes on to give his portrayal of the city through the mode of a first person description of his experience of observing the city from his 12th floor hotel room.
Donate Ask a Librarian. Free-verse often freed MacCaig to explore themes. Norman MacCaigs poem Hotel Room 12th Floor presents a view from a high window in a hotel in the largest city in the most powerful nation in the world.
Hotel Room 12th Floor- Norman MacCaig.
In the mid to late 1960s MacCaig made several visits to New York. But now midnight has come in. Norman MacCaigs poem Hotel Room 12th Floor presents a view from a high window in a hotel in the largest city in the most powerful nation in the world. Hotel Room 12th Floor by Norman McCaig Norman McCaigs poem Hotel Room 12th Floor initially seems to be a simple description of night falling in New YorkHowever on closer examination it reveals that McCaig is in fact dealing with a more complex idea.
