The Manhunt Flashcards

(7 cards)

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Power / love quotes manhunt

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“After passionate nights and intimate days” time period
“Only then would he let me explore” “trace” repetition + semantic field
“And feel the hurt of his grazed heart” metaphor/rhyming couplet / alliteration: fricative
“Then, and only then, did i come close” repetition

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War quotes manhunt

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“The frozen river that ran through his face” metaphor
“The foetus of metal beneath his chest”
“The blown hinge oh his lower jaw” metaphor/alliteration
“The damaged, porcelain collar bone”
“The fractured rudder of shoulder blade”
“Parachute silk of his punctured lung”
“Climb the rungs of his broken rigs” imagery / metaphor
“To a sweating unexploded mine buried deep in his mind” metaphor
“Every nerve in his body tightened and closed”

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Time quotes manhunt

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“After passionate nights and intimate days”
“Only then” repetition
Then, i widened the search”
“I climbed the rungs of his broken ribs”
Pathway of exploration = “face” “lower jaw” “collar bone” shoulder-blade” “lung” “ribs” “heart”
“Then, only then”

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Man quotes manhunt

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PHYSICAL
“The frozen river that ran through his face”
“The blown hinge of his lower jaw”
“damaged, porcelain collar-bone”
(Semantic field)

MENTAL / EMOTIONAL
“Feel the hurt of his grazed heart” alliteration / metaphor/ rhyming couplet
“To a sweating unexploded mine buried deep in his mind” metaphor
“Every nerve in his body tightened and closed” imagery

Where is her husband?
“The manhunt”

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Death / loss quotes manhunt

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“Frozen river”
“Blown hinge”
“Fractured rudder”
“Broken ribs”
“Foetus of metal beneath his chest”

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Form and structure of manhunt

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Organised on rhyming couplet = reflecting couple harmony
Rhyme scheme falters throughout = disjointed nature of relationship

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Poet manhunt

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Simon armitage

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