The manhunt

Question 1

what is the poem about?

Answer 1

• husband returns home from combat
• wife has to get to know his husband again after
• knowing injuries, physical and mental

Question 2

structural devices?

Answer 2

rythming couplets - two halfes of a couple
“only then” - desperation of the wife

Question 3

context?

Answer 3

• modern poets
• writes about the role of pain in relationships
• social issue - remains
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Question 4

tone?

Answer 4

caring as he is healing
intimante
uncertain

Question 5

message?

Answer 5

not all scars are visible
relationships are like a battlefield

Question 6

What does the “First phase” suggest?

Answer 6

imediate opening is not very emotional - warlike - juxtaposes “intamite nights” and “Passionate days” - references how long it takes for someone to recover from physical and mental injuries of the war

Question 7

semantic field?

Answer 7

creates a semantic field of searching “trace” and “explore” - understand changes war had caused to her husband

Question 8

what suggests that he is physically and mentally ill?

Answer 8

“blown hinge of his lower jaw?

Question 9

what does the “fracture rudder” imply

Answer 9

“fractured rudder” implys he is not able to steer himself

Question 10

oxymoron?

Answer 10

“parachute silk of his punctured lung” - parachute does not work if it has been punctured - no suppourt network - distance and disconnect within there relationship which is caused by the war

Question 11

what is the rythm scheme of this poem?

Answer 11

AA BB CC