MRS MIDAS

• • "even now, his hands, his warm hands on my skin, his touch."
  • the list suggests the memory of what used to be a full relationship and mourns the loss of the physical aspect
  • repetition of "hands" that his touch and their intimacy is now lost to her, unlike human contact, gold is cold and hard
• • "honeyed embrace"
  • suggests the sweetness of their embrace, but now refers to the fact that Mrs Midas will turn to gold if she touches her husband
• • "Separate beds."
  • beginning conveys the damage done to their relationship
  • short sentence creates a short blunt impact of change in their relationship
• • "those halcyon days"
  • suggests how their relationship used to be, a time that was happy and peaceful, versus the contrast of how it is now
• • "unwrapping each other, rapidly, like presents, fast food."
  • simile compares undressing each other to opening a gift, contrasts in their relationship now
• • "Pure selfishness"
  • short sentence shows how bitter she was about his blatant disregard for her feelings