The Manhunt poem Flashcards
who was the poet of ‘manhunt’?
Simon Armitage
who is ‘the manhunt’ about?
Eddie beddoes
who’s perspective is ‘the manhunt’ from?
Laura Beddoes
what is ‘the manhunt’ meant to spread awareness about?
PTSD, and how it can effect relationships
what war is ‘the manhunt’ written about, and between what years was the war?
the Bosnian war; 1992-95
what is the structure of ‘the manhunt’?
randomly rhyming couplets/ couplets throughout the poem, but rhyme scheme changes
what does the changing rhyme scheme in ‘the manhunt’ represent?
how Laura and Eddie Beddoes grow closer together and further apart throughout the poem
what is the first stanza of ‘the manhunt’?
‘after the first phase,/ after passionate nights and intimate days’
what is the last stanza of ‘the manhunt’?
‘every nerve in his body had tightened and closed./ Then, and only then, did I come close.’
what body parts does ‘the manhunt’ mention as being injured? quote for evidence. (7)
- ‘frozen river which ran through his face’
- ‘blown hinge of his lower jaw’
- ‘damaged, porcelain collarbone’
- ‘fractured rudder of shoulder blade’
- ‘parachute silk of his punctured lung’
- ‘climb the rungs of his broken ribs’
- ‘his grazed heart’
‘__ __ ____ __ __ __ __ / the frozen river which ran through his face,’
‘only then would he let me trace/…’
what is the teqniche used in the first line of the second stanza and the first line of the third stanza of ‘the manhunt’
repetition (‘only then would he let me trace’ / ‘only then would he let me explore’
