Poetry Anthology

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Who wrote The Manhunt

The Manhunt was written by Simon Armitage

What is the context of the poem The Manhunt

• The poem is told from the perspective of Laura the wife of Eddie Beddoes a soldier who served in the Bosnia war in 1992-1995 and was discharged due to injury, he was then later diagnosed with PTSD

What is the structure of the poem The Manhunt

• Every injury gets it’s own couplet the long process Laura had to help with

• Some couplets rhyme some don’t end( gives a Fragmented and disjointed feel to the poem)

• Physical injury’s come first

What does the title The Manhunt show

It shows the man Lura is hunting for

4 quotes form the Manhunt

• “Only then would he let me trace the frozen river which ran through his face”

• “The damaged, porcelain collar bone”

• “and feel the hurt of his grazed “

• “A sweating unexploded mine buried deep in his mind“

Analyse this quote from The Manhunt ”Only then would he let me trace the frozen river which ran through his face”

(Frozen river) A frozen river can’t flow: can’t function shows that Eddie can’t function as her husband

Analyse this quote from The Manhunt “A sweating unexploded mine buried deep in his mind“

• Mines are used in war to show he ahs become a weapon of war

• The metaphor that is used is an incredibly uncomfortable one, but communicates very clearly the awful after affects of war

• He can explode any time like a mine would and if he does he will cause pain for both of them

Who wrote sonnet 43

sonnet 43 was written by Elizabeth Barrett browning

what is the context of sonnet 43

• Elizabeth’s father had strictly forbidden marriage for all his children

• he disinherited Elizabeth when she married Robert Browning

• Elizabeth suffered from poor health throughout her life444 but always referred to her husband as a source of supports, presenting him as her saviour.

What is the structure of sonnet 43

• It’s a sonnet which in Elizabet hen times time is used for love poet which is to support her poem

• 43 Shows the minimum she wrote for him (Her husband Robert)

4 Quotes from sonnet 43

• how do i love thee let me count the ways

• i love thee to the depth breath and height my soul can reach when feeling out of sight

• i love thee with a love i seemed to lose

• smiles, tears, of all my life!- and, if god choose.