Manhunt

Question 1

Title

Answer 1

Connotations of crime and death
Literal: chasing down a man
Symbolic: hunting around to find the problem

Question 2

Form

Answer 2

Couplets
First couplet is traditional of a love poem
Full rhymes show progress, half-rhymes show faltering (final half rhyme shows never full recovery, bleak)

Rhyme scheme stops half way through - shows frustration and futility

Use of personal pronouns creates pathos as we see direct involvement
Enjambement reflects speakers desire for progress

Question 3

Structure

Answer 3

First half talks about physical afflictions, goes on to talk about mental afflictions - indicates the importance of mental health

Scale worsens

Repetition of two verbs in each stanza conveys her active role

Question 4

Juxtaposition of lexical sets subverting expectations

Corporeal imagery

Answer 4

Blown, grazed, damaged, broken, unexploded mine
Porcelain, fractured, parachute silk

Skirting along - danger?

Question 5

Frozen river

Answer 5

Cold imagery
Distant?
Water metaphor?

Question 6

Handle and hold

Answer 6

Aspirated

Fragility?

Question 7

Climb the rungs

Answer 7

Symbolic of progress?

Question 8

Foetus of metal beneath his chest

Answer 8

Birth?
Reborn? Changed irrevocably?
Juxtaposition of cold and warm images
Replaced his heart? Distant, callous

Question 9

Sweating, unexploded mine buried deep in his mind

Answer 9

Fear?
PTSD?
Anticipation of danger
Unhelpable

Question 10

Context

Answer 10

No particular setting- the generalisation is indicative of the constant nature of war

Aired as part of a television documentary read by Laura Beddoes (wife of soldier Eddie Boddoes, who suffered with depression and PTSD after being injured in his service.

Question 11

My impression of the soldiers life

Answer 11

Attempting to be patient but frustrated