Sister of the patient saying —> soon you'll be back in the ward
Patient lying, saying he feels fine when he doesn't
Patient was still awake whilst the surgeon was searching for brain tumour
Every time he blinks it hurts —> 'blink again because of the fingers'
'Rash as blind man's' —> the surgeon can't see what he's touching in his brain/can't see the effect he's having on the man —> can't see that it's hurting him.
'If items if horror can make a man laugh, then laugh at this' —> this is horror on another scale
Irregular rhyme scheme could relate to the patients in and out of consciousness or the irregularity of the procedure
'Brain mashed' 'rash as blind man's' —> the mans brain is being played with.
'Ticking its own wild time' —> frantic - so much pressure on his brain - it doesn't follow a normal time - running out of time?
'Probe's Braille path' —> blind people use Braille. Patients brain is like Braille to the surgeon, guiding him to tumour —> 'probe', 'prod' - not treating with respect
Surgeon has two more patients on the list, thinking about them - preoccupied, desperate to finish with this one, he's in a rush
'Voice so arctic and cry so odd' —> he doesn't recognise himself anymore, blood turning cold, drifting away.
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