The Manhunt

• after the first phase, after passionate nights and intimate days
• damaged, porcelain collar-bone
• grazed heart
• the scan
• the foetus of metal
• unexploded mine
• context

  written by Simon Armitage on commission for Eddie and Laura

  Eddie was shot three times - most injuries happened from one bullet which ricocheted around his body

  bosnia war - 1990s

  he had PTSD - when he got triggered he would get violent
• Form and Structure

  couplets - 2 people in the poem/relationship

  follows the path of the bullet around the body

  follows the emotional journey
• key themes

  effects of war

  pain and suffering

  loss
• poems to compare to

  The Soldier

  Dulce Et Decorum Est

  She Walks In Beauty