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Mind Map by anna.coughlan.12, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by anna.coughlan.12
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The Manhunt
- Structure
- couplets, mostly unrhymed
- sense of fragmentation
- matches the feelings of the soldier's
wife as she seeks to understand the man
her husband has become
- matches the feelings of the soldier's
wife as she seeks to understand the man
her husband has become
- sense of fragmentation
- describes the phases of a wife's search for
answers from her injured husband who has
recently returned from a war zone.
- The poem ends when the
search is brought to a close.
- The poem ends when the
search is brought to a close.
- couplets, mostly unrhymed
- Language
- The title puns on the idea of the 'manhunt'
- wife's search is for the husband she knew
so well but who seems lost to her,
metaphorically, after his experiences at war.
- wife's search is for the husband she knew
so well but who seems lost to her,
metaphorically, after his experiences at war.
- first lines of the couplets have prominent verbs
- reflecting the activities of the wife as she conducts her ""search""
- all references to careful treatment of her husband's injured body,
as well as suggesting her patient care for his mental state.
- all references to careful treatment of her husband's injured body,
as well as suggesting her patient care for his mental state.
- reflecting the activities of the wife as she conducts her ""search""
- refers to parts of the
husband's body
metaphorically
- inanimate objects rather
than to living things
- ""blown hinge""
- no longer open to her, perhaps unable
to talk of his feelings and experiences
- no longer open to her, perhaps unable
to talk of his feelings and experiences
- "damaged, porcelain"
- metaphor that brings to mind
something hard but also
easily chipped and cold
- metaphor that brings to mind
something hard but also
easily chipped and cold
- ""blown hinge""
- inanimate objects rather
than to living things
- sensual, loving verbs in the poem
- reflecting the intimacy of husband and wife
- devotion from the wife hoping to heal her husband
- devotion from the wife hoping to heal her husband
- ""climb the rungs of
his broken ribs""
- closely observed detail of her hands
exploring the altered body of her
husband. The idea of the ladder is
reflective of the effort involved in the
wife's gradual search for answers.
- closely observed detail of her hands
exploring the altered body of her
husband. The idea of the ladder is
reflective of the effort involved in the
wife's gradual search for answers.
- reflecting the intimacy of husband and wife
- The title puns on the idea of the 'manhunt'
- Attitudes, themes and ideas
- cost of war on those serving in the armed forces
- problem is not physical but mental
- patience and care of love
- not about judging the rights and wrongs of war, but the impact of war on one particular relationship
- cost of war on those serving in the armed forces
- Comparisons
- The male speaker in the poem In Paris with
You is unwilling to discuss his experiences of
the past, instead he is keen to focus on the
present. The husband in The Manhunt is
similarly closed on the subject of the past.
- The Manhunt is written from the
perspective of a woman exploring her
feelings for her husband and their
relationship. Many of the other poems in
this collection are from a male point of
view, such as The Farmer's Bride and To
His Coy Mistress.
- The male speaker in the poem In Paris with
You is unwilling to discuss his experiences of
the past, instead he is keen to focus on the
present. The husband in The Manhunt is
similarly closed on the subject of the past.
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