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Simon Armitage- The Manhunt
- Repetition
- After
- Only then
- After
- Metaphors
- Porcelain collar bone
- Easily broken
- link to frozen river which ran through his face
- link to frozen river which ran through his face
- Easily broken
- Blown hinge
- Parachute silk
- Porcelain collar bone
- Manhunt
- Play on manhunt as she is searching for her "man" aka her husband
- Play on manhunt as she is searching for her "man" aka her husband
- Rythmic Words
- Trace and face
- Trace and face
- Passionate nights and intimate days
- Physical relationship
- Physical relationship
- The idea of the ladder is reflective of the effort involved in the
wife's gradual search for answers
- Words and phrases like "explore", "handle and hold", "mind and
attend" are all references to careful treatment of her husband's injured
body
- The man has a "grazed heart", perhaps literally from an injury caused by "the
metal beneath his chest", but also metaphorically. He is unable to connect with
his wife, unwilling to speak of his experiences, and so their loving relationship is
affected.
- Sex used as a trigger to talking
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