The Manhunt Flashcards
What is the manhunt main theme
War poem
“Handle….”
stanza 4
“Handle and hold”
Who wrote it
Simon armitage
What year wasnit published
2007
“Parachute…”
stanza 6
“Parachute silk of the punctured lung”
“Sweating…”
stanza 12
“Sweating unexploded mine”
“Only then ....” in stanza 13 (last line)
“Only then, did i come close”
“The frozen”
stanza 2
“The frozen river”
Analyse - “the first phrase” stanza 1 (first line)
Take time to heal amd adjust, bery first line of the poem
What is the first line of the poem
“After the first phrase”
What is the last line of the poem
“Then, and only then, did i come close.”
Analyse - “frozen river”
stanza 2
Metaphor
Coldness in the relationship after the war
Analyse - “only then” throughout the poem
Repetition
Emphasises how long the healing has been.
Analyse - “let me explore”
stanza 3
Her husband has changed froom the experiance, she doeasnt knoe hime anymore. She is havign to get to know him agian.
Analyse - “hinge of his lower jaw”
Stanza 3
Slowly openong up and letting laura in”
Analyse - “parachute silk of his punctured lung”
stanza 6
Delicate body
Metaphor, easily wounded and will slowly deflate like a parachute.
Analyse - “sweating, unexploded mine”
stanza 12
Metaphor to the mind.
Linked to war, the mine could gonoff at any time, sweating beicsenhe is scared. This could indicate ptsd, and the horrors that poeple face after the war.
Analyse - “then, and only then, did i come close”
last line
She still hasnt descovered him. It has been a long time but she still hasnt found him, this shouldnhow much war can impact the individual.
Who was this written about
Eddie beddows
From whose perspective is it from
The wives, laura
Which war did eddie beddow fight in
The bosnian piece keeping war
Where did simon armitage get the idea from
Channel 4 documentry
What is the manhunt also known as
Laura’s story
Structure
There are two lones per stanza showing that they have stook togethrr throughout the hard time
What two words show juxtaposition
“Porcelain” and “silk”
What does the title show
Searching for her lover after war, manhunt is when searching for someone.
Overview of manhunt
Simon Armitage wrote “The Manhunt” for a 2007 documentary about military service-people who have returned to civilian life, and the lingering, often lifelong effects of sustained exposure to violence. The poem is narrated by one of the documentary’s participants, Laura Beddoes. Beddoes’s husband, Eddie, was injured in combat in the bosnian war and has suffered with PTSD. The poem, initially titled “Laura’s Poem,” explores the lasting impact of such trauma on those who have experienced it and on the people closest to them.
How many stanzas does the poem contain
13 stanzas (all with two lines)
