... the glamorous city that is New York. He explains how ' the marvels of New York ' are laid out before him. MacCaig deliberately wants us to see past the glitzy, glamorous life styles of ' The Big Apple ' and make us aware of the darkness that lies beneath the surface. " Helicopters skinting like a damaged insect " this similie is effective as the sound that the helicopter makes resembles that of a damaged insect. This cannotes the idea of this glamorous city, behind the wealth and sophistication, is simply evil and crime infested. In the second stanza MacCaig is lying between the radio and the television and he uses sound to create the atmosphere of night time in New York. ' But ' acts as a linking word between stanza one and stanza two. It also acts as a turning point as the " darkness " refuses to ...

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