The man hunt

Question 1

what is manhunt about

Answer 1

A soldier’s wife gets to know her husband again after he returns from war. He is both physically and mentally scarred. He suffered PTSD as a result of his service.

Question 2

Who wrote the poem (context)

Answer 2

Simon Armitage wrote this poem about Eddie Beddoes, a British soldier who served

Question 3

when/where is the poem about (context)

Answer 3

Bosnian War (1992-1995).

Question 4

what are the themes of manhunt

Answer 4

love
war
relationships
power

Question 5

how does Simon Armitage create tension between the relationship

Answer 5

let me: having to ask him to help (repetition)

Question 6

how does Simon Armitage create a link between war and his suffering

Answer 6

unexploded mine: (metaphor)

Question 7

how does Simon Armitage show eddies power in the poem

Answer 7

handle and hold: which tells the reader that Eddie is powerless and his wife is having to help him which was the opposite of patriarchal society

Question 8

quotes

Answer 8

handle and hold

frozen river which ran through his face,

“Then and only then did I come close.”