manhunt Flashcards
manhunt (language)
semantic field of searching in “trace” and “explore”
“fractured rudder”-boat imagery
“foetus of metal”- metaphor of his physical pain
“after passionate nights and intimate days”- adjectives showing the extent of their love
manhunt (structure)
“only then”- anaphora, showing the immense amount of time needed to restore their intimacy
“and only then,” here the embedded clause is used, to highlight the journey that the couple has gone on.
manhunt (form)
starts of with a complete AA BB CC, rhyme scheme, showing that eddie is responding well to the physical treatment,
However the rhyme scheme breaks down the further you go down juxtaposes the idea of improvment, therefore the relationship is shown to be inevitably broken.
manhunt (context)
written for the documentary “forgotten heroes not dead”, written about a man named Eddie Bedoes who was discharged for the war in bosnia after suffering physical trauma.
This poem is from the point of view of his wife “Laura”
Inside the documentary it was a collection of guardsman Tromans who fought in Iraq in 2003 but suffered trauma from it
was written to help people realise the cruelty of war, heightened by the war during Iraq at the time
Links
Sonnet 43
