English Poetry

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What is the Manhunt about?
It is written from the perspective of the wife of a solider who has substained serious injuries at war and has returned home
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What does the poem Manhunt explore?
It explores the phiscial and mental effect of living with injuries substained when on active service in the armed forces
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What is the structure of the Manhunt?
It is made up of a series of couplets that mostly dont rhyme. This creates a sense of fragmentation which matches the feeling of the soliders wife as she tries to figure out who her husband has become
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What is the language of the Manhunt?
It has puns, the title. This represnts that it is the wofes search for her husband that she knew well but who seems lost to her after his experience with war
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What is the poetic devices of the Manhunt?
It uses a metaphor, "blown hinge". Her husband is no longer open to her or that he cant express his feelings about his experiences
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What is the ideas/themes of the Manhunt?
It is about his experinces at war and about the impact it has on the persons life, "a sweating, unexploded mine buried deep in his mind." It can cause problems at any time
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What two poems can the Manhunt link to?
In Paris with you, unwilling to discuss his experiences of the past/ The Farmer's Bride/ To His Coy Mistress, they are written from a mans perpective and not a womens like Manhunt
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What is Hour about?
It is about the highs and lows of a relationship, it also suggests that spending time with a loved one is percious and valuable
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What is the structure of Hour?
It
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What is the language of Hour?
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What is the poetic devices of Hour?
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What is the ideas/themes of the manhunt?
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What three poems does Hour link to?
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What is In Paris With You about?
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What is the language in In Paris With You?
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