The Manhunt Flashcards
1
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Poet?
A
Simon Armitage
2
Q
Context?
A
Also known as Laura’s Poem, she wrote it for for husband Eddie Beddoes. He was injured while serving and suffered from depression and PTSD.
3
Q
Q - Their love before the war
A
‘after passionate nights and intimate days,’
4
Q
Q - Delicate Physical Injuries
A
‘the damaged, porcelain collar-bone,’
‘the parachute silk of his punctured lung.’
5
Q
Q - Pregnancy -> The experiences are an inescapable his life forever.
A
‘could I picture the scan,’
‘the foetus of metal beneath his chest’
6
Q
Q - Tension and stress from horrors of war
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‘sweating, exploding mine buried deep in his mind’
7
Q
Q - Last line, hope
A
‘Then, and only then, did I come close.’
8
Q
Form:
A
- Couplet long stanzas
- Lines of varying lengths
- Disjointed
9
Q
Structure:
A
- New injuries each stanza
- > gradually moving further into the body and mind of the soldier.
