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English Literature : Poetry Anthology > The Manhunt > Flashcards

The Manhunt Flashcards

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form

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  • first person
  • monologue -> intimate
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use of enjambment

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  • phrases are longer
  • suggests that the healing process is long and slow - stanzas 4, 5 and 6
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heart of the poem

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  • draws attention to ‘heart’
  • end-stopped line -> where the bullet stopped
  • heart is in the centre of the body
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rhyme-scheme

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  • first three stanzas are rhyming couplets -> indicative of the love/the couple
  • first three stanzas are strong rhymes/full rhymes- the love that Laura and Eddie share and the strength of their relationship
  • weakened rhyme scheme after that -> ‘hold’ and ‘bone’ have no rhyme -> weak consonance-> there is difficulty in the healing process -> difficulty in the relationship
  • ‘hurt’ and ‘heart’ -> half-rhyme - could imply that as Laura begins to understand Eddie’s pain and trauma, their relationship strengthens again
  • at the end -> half-rhyme - ‘close’ ‘closed’ -> suggests the healing process is not yet complete
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caesurae

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  • ‘damaged, porcelain’
  • disrupts the rhythm
  • indicating there are barriers in the healing process and that it is not straight forward
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‘let me’

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  • repetition
  • Laura needs permission to look at and touch Eddie’s injuries, suggesting that there is tension in their relationship
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finish the quote : ‘the…

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…scan’f

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finish the quote: ‘the foetus..

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..of metal’

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‘the scan’
‘the foetus of metal’

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  • ‘foetus’ -> recovery position
  • bullet/Eddie’s PTSD is compared to a baby
  • having a baby is life-changing, suggestive of the life-changing effects of war on Eddie and Laura
  • war has infantilised Eddie
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finish the quote: ‘blown…

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..hinge’

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‘blown hinge’

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  • ‘hinge’ -> door -> lost part of his humanity in war
  • ‘blown’ - the first clearly violent image in the poem -> the turning point
  • suggests fragility, damage and pain
  • emphasises how broken the experiences of war have left him
  • this is in the third stanza not the first, Armitage alluding to the fact that Laura couldn’t see or comprehend the extent of Eddie’s wounds to begin with
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finish the quote: ‘frozen..

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..river’

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‘frozen river’

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  • metaphor
  • refers to his emotions - they are stuck in place as he battles with his PTSD
  • symbolic of scars and wounds on Eddie’s body
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finish the quote: ‘porcelain..

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…collarbone’

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finish the quote: ‘fractured..

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..rudder of shoulder blade’

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finish the quote: ‘parachute..

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..silk of his punctured lung’

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‘porcelain collarbone’
‘fractured rudder of shoulder blade’
‘parachute silk of his punctured lung’

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  • Eddie’s body is being compared to fragile things
  • emphasises how broken his experiences of war have made him
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finish the quote: ‘unexploded..

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..mine’

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‘unexploded mine’

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  • Eddie’s PTSD has been compared to an unexploded mine
  • dangerous and unpredictable
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finish the quote: ‘tightened…

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..and closed’

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‘tightened and closed’

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  • shut off from partner
  • pushing her away
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title

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  • ‘the manhunt’
  • article ‘the’ suggests that this manhunt is incredibly important -> at least to the poem’s persona -> Laura Beddoes
  • noun ‘manhunt’ implies that someone has been lost -> immediately establishes that this poem will be about reclaiming someone
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finish the quote: ‘bind..

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..the struts’

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‘bind the struts’

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  • suggests she is putting Eddie back again, piece by piece, making him strong again
  • Laura is repairing Eddie
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‘trace’
‘frozen river’
‘explore’
‘rudder’
‘parachute’
‘climb the rungs’
‘widened the search’

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  • semantic field of searching
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finish the quote: ‘skirting…

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…along’

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‘skirting along’

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  • casual, light in tone - normalises Eddie’s PTSD and is indicative of how used to it Laura is -> she is aware
  • suggests that loving Eddie is easy for Laura and understanding his trauma isn’t a chore for her
  • ‘skirting’ - going around something - precarious - walking on eggshells so as to not set off an episode within Eddie
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finish the quote: ‘buried..

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..deep in his mind’

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finish the quote: ‘every nerve..

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..in his body tightened and closed’

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‘buried deep in his mind’
‘every nerve in his body tightened and closed’

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  • the PTSD is doing things to him which he can’t control
  • he is helpless
  • Eddie’s PTSD is hidden, yet all consuming
  • the impact is both physical and mental
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finish the quote: ‘sweating..

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..unexploded mine’

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‘sweating’

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  • malapropic
  • could relate to feelings of anxiety and stress
  • PTSD
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finish the quote: ‘handle..

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..and hold’

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finish the quote: ‘mind..

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..and attend’

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finish the quote: ‘finger…

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…and thumb’

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‘handle and hold’
‘mind and attend’
‘finger and thumb’

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  • double verb constructs
  • sense of care
  • semantic field of care
  • delicate, soft and gentle actions
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finish the quote: ‘grazed..

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..heart’

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‘grazed heart’

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  • bullet grazed past his heart but also left emotional grazes behind
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finish the quote: ‘passionate nights..

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..and intimate days’

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‘passionate nights and intimate days’

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  • strong and loving relationship
  • ‘night’ and ‘day’ -> their love is relentless
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finish the quote: ‘after the..

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…first phase’

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‘after the first phase’

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  • ‘after’ - their loving reunion is short-lived
  • some disruption lies ahead
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mood and tone

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  • loving and caring - Laura ‘bind[s] the struts’ of Eddie’s body - putting him back together as he suffers from PTSD
  • hopeful tone -> half-rhyme at the end suggests Eddie is on the road to recovery
  • OR could be representative of Eddie and Laura’s relationship improving but they still have some way to go

English Literature : Poetry Anthology (36 decks)

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