The Manhunt
- Created by: Sophia Booth
- Created on: 18-05-18 21:48
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- Context
-> addresses common issues of war on soldier’s bodies and minds.
-> about PTSD. - What the poems about
-> wife of a soldier to know her husband again who has returned home injured from war.
-> soldier has physical scars and psychological scars. - Form
-> couplet-long stanzas have lines of varying lengths.
-> couplets rhyme but later on the rhymes break down, making the poem feel disjointed and reflecting the theme of brokeness. - Structure
-> different injuries on different couplets.
-> allows the reader to explore the soldiers body and mind in the same slow process as his wife. - Language about the body.
-> soldiers body is presented using adjectives that describe damage.
-> paired with metaphors that suggest that his body has become a…
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