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Manhunt Context |
In a series of poems which explores how soldier and their families are affected by war. About a soldier who served in Bosnia as a peacekeeper in the 90's. Didn't expect to fight but was badly injured and discharged due to physical + psychological injuries. Armitage lived in Yorkshire (Industrial - his poetry deals with issues affecting society) |
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Manhunt About |
1st person, perspective of wife whose husband has been injured in war, explores the way war can affect people and relationships |
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Manhunt Important quotes |
A) Then would he let me trace B) Frozen river which ran through his face C) Blown hinge of his lower jaw D) Damaged, porcelain collar bone E) Parachute silk of his punctured lung F) Foetus of metal beneath his chest G) Unexploded mine buried deep in his mind H) Silk, porcelain, foetus, broken |
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A) Verb - intimacy of touch, break through emotional distance, exploring altered body B) Metaphor - Flow of love is like ice, needs to break the ice C) Metaphor - Psychological damage, can't talk D) Juxtaposition - Broken or delicate E) Alliteration - Reinforce injury, soldier is damaged and useless F) Metaphor - Babies are life changing like wounds, Irony G) Wife needs to reach deep but could also set off an emotion explosion H) Lexical field - Tough soldier is emasculated |
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Only then did I come close - Making progress to reconnect with her husband, goes through an emotional journey through the poem Couplets, mostly unrhymed - Matches feelings of soldier's wife Slow rhythm - Soldier's healing process is also slow |
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Manhunt Themes |
War Relationships Fragility of life |
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Manhunt Other poems |
War - The soldier Relationships - Sonnet 43, Afternoons |
