The Manhunt

Question 1

A.P.N.A.I.D

Answer 1

AFTER PASSIONATE NIGHTS AND INTIMATE DAYS

Honeymoon of intimacy after separation

Rediscovering of love

Question 2

F.R.W.R.T.H.F

Answer 2

FROZEN RIVER WHICH RAN THROUGH THIS FACE

Can no longer flow freely

Zigzag shape of his scar

Wounds bottled up

Question 3

B.H.O.H.L.J

Answer 3

BLOWN HINGE OF HIS LOWER JAW

Imagery & metaphor conveys sense of physical damage

Harsh impact

Loss of control, state of collapse or weakness

Question 4

F.R.O.S.B

Answer 4

FRACTURED RUDDER OF SHOULDER-BLADE

A rudder guides a boat

Eddie is unable to move forward in life

Question 5

P.S.O.H.P.L

Answer 5

PARACHUTE SILK OF HIS PUNCTURED LUNG

Consonant, plosive sounds create a visceral image

Juxtaposition of delicate and robust highlights mental states of war

Question 6

C.T.R.O.H.B.R

Answer 6

CLIMB THE RUNGS OF HIS BROKEN RIBS

Step by step rehabilitation

Close to his heart

Severity of injury trauma, pain is to be navigated

Question 7

F.O.M

Answer 7

FOETUS OF METAL

METAPHOR

STRONG IMAGE

Purity of child bearing is undermined by violence

Question 8

T.A.O.T.D.I.C.C

Answer 8

THEN AND ONLY THEN DID I COME CLOSE

Slant rhyme

Two people still trying to find each other

Healing is time consuming and delicate

Question 9

CONTEXT

Answer 9

Simon armitage is a poet laureate

Poem is about Eddie beddoes and his wife Laura

Question 10

FORM AND STRUCTURE

Answer 10

13 couplets highlights consistency of their unity as a couple

Some rhymes or enjambment showing the unpredictability of love