the manhunt

Question 1

first paragraph quote 1 manhunt

Answer 1

after passionate nights and intimate days
significant time to recover - temporal imagery

Question 2

paragraph 1 quote two manhunt

Answer 2

only then would he let me trace
semantic field trace and explore, searching

Question 3

paragraph 2 quote 1 manhunt

Answer 3

parachute silk of his punctured lung- oxymoron
parachute wont work if puncture, he has no support network either
highlight disconnnect in their relationshi[

Question 4

manhunt paragraph 2 quote 2

Answer 4

grazed heart
unable to connect nor express feelings with wife anymore

foetus

Question 5

manhunt paragraph 3 quote 1

Answer 5

exploded mine- worst problem is mental>physical
wife must reach depths of mind but cant fully disarm him

Question 6

manhunt paragraph 3 quote 2

Answer 6

only then did i come close

forever changed
only then suggests long time

Question 7

3 points

Answer 7

in the opening of teh manhunt, armitage uses the wife’s gradual exploration of the husbands injuries as a vehicle to emphasise the delayed ad difficult revelation of the deep trauma caused by war

as poem progress armitage uses the imagery of the soldiers damaged body as a vehicle to explore the fragility of a human after war

as the poem comes to a close, armitage uses the image of an exploded mine to symbolise the hidden and dangerous psychological scars