The Manhunt Flashcards

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1
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who is the writer?

A

Simon Armitage

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when was it written?

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2007

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themes?

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  • love and relationship
  • pain and suffering
  • effects of war
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context?

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  • written for a documentary called ‘Forgotten Heroes: The Not Dead’
  • a real story - written through his wife Laura
  • Eddie is the name of the man who shot in the war in Bosnia
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form + structure?

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  • stanza’s are in couples to reflect their relationship
  • rhyming couplets
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6
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‘After the _____ _____’

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first phase

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‘After passionate nights and _____ _____’

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intimate days

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‘The _____ _____ which ran through his face’

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frozen river

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9
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‘The blown _____ of his lower jaw’

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hinge

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10
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‘The damaged, _____ collar-bone’

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porcelain

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‘The _____ _____ of shoulder-blade’

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fractured rudder

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12
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‘The _____ _____ of his punctured lung’

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parachute silk

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13
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‘and climb the _____ of his broken ribs’

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rungs

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14
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‘of his _____ heart’

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grazed

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15
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‘the _____ of metal beneath his chest’

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foetus

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16
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‘tracing the _____ back to its source’

A

scarring

17
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‘to a sweating, _____ _____’

A

unexploded mine

18
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‘_____ _____ in his mind’

A

buried deep

19
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‘every nerve in his body had _____ and _____’

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tightened / closed

20
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what does the line: ‘After the first phase’ show?

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it shows the joy of reconnecting

21
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what does the line: ‘after passionate nights and intimate days’ show?

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shows the happiness of the couple being together

22
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how many times is ‘Only then’ repeated throughout the poem?

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5 times

23
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what is the phrase: ‘frozen river’ referring to?

A

the large scar that meanders down his face

24
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what does the line: ‘the blown hinge of his lower jaw’ show?

A
  • the word ‘hinge’ shows how the soldiers are metaphorically mechanical showing how Eddie lost his humanity in the war
  • ‘blown’ reflects on the explosives in war and how he lost part of his face to it
25
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what does the phrase: ‘handle and hold’ imply?

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that Eddie’s wife was gentle with him - this phrase also uses alliteration

26
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what does the adjective ‘porcelain’ show?

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that Eddie’s collarbone is fragile

27
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what does the noun ‘rudder’ symbolize?

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a boat which is quite malapropic

28
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what does the metaphor ‘parachute silk’ show?

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that his lung is very delicate

29
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what does the phrase: ‘rungs of his broken ribs’ show?

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this phrase describes his ribs as a ladder - could show he lost weight and is unwell

30
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what does the metaphor: ‘grazed heart’ symbolize?

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his mental health

31
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what does the metaphor: ‘foetus of metal’ show?

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  • that the bullet is an unborn baby
  • and the bullet is still inside of him
32
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what does the phrase: ‘finally come to rest’ show?

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the bullet is close to his heart and he was near death

33
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what does the phrase ‘unexploded mine buried deep in his mind’ show?

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  • he has PTSD, she is trying to ‘defuse’ his mind
  • he has anxiety, guilt and trauma
34
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what does the verb ‘closed’ mean in the second to last line?

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  • tragic, he is shut off from his wife
  • she is working hard to break down barriers
35
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from which perspective is this poem written?

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from the eyes of Eddie’s wife