The Manhunt

• ”only then would he let me trace the frozen river which ran through his face“
• “Only then would he let me explore the blown hinge of his lower jaw”
• “Damaged, porcelain collar-bone”
• ”the foetus of metal beneath his chest”
• “A sweating, unexploded mine buried deep in his mind”
• “Then, and only then, did I come close”
• The poem The Man Hunt, written by Simon Armitage, presents the themes of : the effects of war as well as pain And suffering.
• The poem is from the point of view of Laura Beddows (The speaker) who is wife to Eddie Beddows. Eddie Beddows is an ex soldier who fought in the Bosnian war during the 1990s and has suffered greatly both mentally and physically from the injuries he has sustained.
• Throughout the poem Laura is trying to help her husband and help him heal for both his physical and mental scars.