The Manhunt - Simon Armitage
- Created by: CaitlinBowers
- Created on: 12-05-16 19:11
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- The Manhunt
- "After the passionate nights and intimate days"
- Starts 'normal' and they seem to be happy together
- "Only then would he let me trace the frozen river which ran through his face"
- He didn't want her to see his scars at first.
- The "Frozen river" connotes his coldness and his fear of showing his emotions.
- Metaphor
- He didn't want her to see his scars at first.
- Structure: Each couplet dresses something different that she is doing for him
- Written from the perspective of Eddies wife Laua
- "After the passionate nights and intimate days"
- The Manhunt
- "Only then"
- Repetition- Shows that she is doing things slowly so not to startle him
- The Manhunt
- "After the passionate nights and intimate days"
- Starts 'normal' and they seem to be happy together
- "Only then would he let me trace the frozen river which ran through his face"
- He didn't want her to see his scars at first.
- The "Frozen river" connotes his coldness and his fear of showing his emotions.
- Metaphor
- He didn't want her to see his scars at first.
- Structure: Each couplet dresses something different that she is doing for him
- Written from the perspective of Eddies wife Laua
- "After the passionate nights and intimate days"
- "Only then could I bind the struts and climb the rungs of his broken heart
- Sounds as if she is trying to climb inside of him to understand what he has been through
- "To a sweating, unexploded mine buried deep in his mind"
- His problems are emotional and mental as well as physical. His memories are very difficult to him.
- She's treading on eggshells around him
- His problems are emotional and mental as well as physical. His memories are very difficult to him.
- "Then, and only then, did I come close."
- Only part of the journey they have gone through and it will take a long time to get back to normal.
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