Manhunt Flashcards
What is a man hunt
An organised search with many people for a criminal suspect or a escaped prisoner
Author
Simon Armitage he grew up in Yorkshire
Title
Connotations of crime and death literal: chasing down a man
Symbolic; hunting around to find the problem
Form
Couplets
Rhyme scheme stops half way through
Shows frustration and futility
Structure
First half talks about physical afflictions goes on to talk about mental afflictions- indicates the importance of mental health
Scale worsens
Context
Strong concern for social issues
Know for his deadpan delivery
Often darkly poetry
Influenced by ted Hugh’s and Philip Larkin
What does the title suggest?
Metaphor it reveals she’s hunting for a man inside of him
Who is the narrator and what is the affect
Narrator is a wife
Have a empathy for the person as it’s in first person
Also possible relate
Context about the Poem
Written for a channel 4 documentary
Read by wife of a soldier
Was discharged due to injury and depression
Structure
The disconnection between the husband and wife
Due to the wives search for answers
Husband comes back from war zone st the end meaning closure
What un organic things is the soldiers body compared to
‘Hinge’ ‘porcelain’ ‘rudder’ and ‘rungs’
This makes his body seem unfamilliar and less Alive
“The foetus of metal beneath his chest”
Metaphorically growing inside him
Like having a baby thing are going to change in their lives
“Foetus” suggests it’s the start to his problems- his problems will develop and grow
“Climb the rungs of his broken rib”
Her hands exploring the altered body of her husband
Ladder is reflective of wife’s gradual search for answers
