The Manhunt

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Mind Map on The Manhunt, created by anna.coughlan.12 on 23/05/2013.
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The Manhunt
  1. Structure
    1. couplets, mostly unrhymed
      1. sense of fragmentation
        1. matches the feelings of the soldier's wife as she seeks to understand the man her husband has become
      2. describes the phases of a wife's search for answers from her injured husband who has recently returned from a war zone.
        1. The poem ends when the search is brought to a close.
      3. Language
        1. The title puns on the idea of the 'manhunt'
          1. wife's search is for the husband she knew so well but who seems lost to her, metaphorically, after his experiences at war.
          2. first lines of the couplets have prominent verbs
            1. reflecting the activities of the wife as she conducts her ""search""
              1. all references to careful treatment of her husband's injured body, as well as suggesting her patient care for his mental state.
            2. refers to parts of the husband's body metaphorically
              1. inanimate objects rather than to living things
                1. ""blown hinge""
                  1. no longer open to her, perhaps unable to talk of his feelings and experiences
                  2. "damaged, porcelain"
                    1. metaphor that brings to mind something hard but also easily chipped and cold
                2. sensual, loving verbs in the poem
                  1. reflecting the intimacy of husband and wife
                    1. devotion from the wife hoping to heal her husband
                    2. ""climb the rungs of his broken ribs""
                      1. 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.
                  2. Attitudes, themes and ideas
                    1. cost of war on those serving in the armed forces
                      1. problem is not physical but mental
                        1. patience and care of love
                          1. not about judging the rights and wrongs of war, but the impact of war on one particular relationship
                          2. Comparisons
                            1. 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.
                              1. 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.
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