the manhunt

Question 1

What quote from the beginning describes the physical intimacy between the speaker and her partner?

Answer 1

“After the first phase, / after passionate nights and intimate days.”

Question 2

Which quote in the beginning introduces the metaphor of searching?

Answer 2

“Only then would he let me trace / the frozen river which ran through his face.”

Question 3

What quote from the middle references a metaphor for emotional wounds? and a metaphor for compromised communication as it may be difficult to communicate with this injury.

Answer 3

“The blown hinge of his lower jaw.”

Question 4

Which middle-section quote highlights the fragility of his physical state with reference to ships?

Answer 4

“The fractured rudder of shoulder-blade.”

Question 5

What quote from the end symbolizes the deepest emotional scar?

Answer 5

“The foetus of metal beneath his chest / where the bullet had finally come to rest.”

Question 6

Which ending quote reflects the partner’s understanding of the emotional toll?

Answer 6

“Then, and only then, did I come close.”