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Manhunt & Farmer's Bride
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Mind Map on Manhunt & Farmer's Bride, created by The Flob M on 15/05/2015.
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Manhunt & Farmer's Bride
Manhunt - Simon Armitage (Contemporary Poem)
Summary
Narrator is the wife (Laura) of a soldier (Eddie)
The soldier has returned home with serious gun-shot wounds and injuries
It is more difficult to see and understand his mental scars and the problem that they cause
Language
Repetition
Emphasis on how long Laura has been waiting
Metaphor
Show the different types of wounds that Eddie has experienced
Antithesis
Playing with the ideas of life and death
Sides
1st Side = Exterior damage
2nd Side = Interior damage
Structure & Form
Dramatic Monologue
Character Narrative
Couplets
Emphasises on the relationship
Rhyme
Regular & Irregular
Idea of the unstable nature and healing aspects of the relationship
Enjambment
Inconsistent
Appears more towards the end
Idea of improvement
Rhythm & Tempo
Faster/Changing pace
Relationship is improving
Simon Armitage & Context
Undertakes different roles
Demonstrates strong concerns of social issues
Worked on documentaries about the lives of permanently-injured soldiers
Farmer's Bride - Charlotte Mew (Literary Heritage)
Summary
Married for 3 years but bride is still afraid of him
Recalls how the relationship went wrong
Finds rejection unbearable
Struggling to resist makes him take her back by force
Language
Rhetorical Question
Doubting their relationship
Caesura
Illustrates loneliness and isolation
Simile
Comparing her to animals
Contradictory
Farmer should be able to tame all animals
Cannot control wife
Triplets
Emphasises her fears
Structure & Form
Chronological order
Recalling how it happened
No/little punctuation in beginning
Initially had an impatient attitude
Rhyme
Leaving humanity (Stanza 1)
Inconsistent
Irregular relationship
Antithesis
Nature & Humans
Charlotte Mew & Context
Background
Experienced love
Experienced unrequited love
Explore emotional frustration
Commenting on Victorian marriages and relationships
Arranged
Parental consent
Farmers need skilled brides
Ability to do farmwork
No procreation = annulment
Mental illnesses and psychology
Suffered from depression
Herself and siblings
Explains the idea of mental illness
COMMON THEME: Hunting or Searching
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