The Manhunt - context + structure

Question 1

context of the manhunt?

Answer 1

told from the perspective of a soldier’s wife - deals with ideas of ptsd and its impact on the soldier and those around him/her

Question 2

structure of manhunt

Answer 2

• organised into couplets.
• initially couplets rhyme (first phase….intimate days) perhaps reflecting the couple’s harmony when they were first reunited.
• as poem progresses the rhyme scheme falters, reflecting the increasingly disjointed nature of their relationship