manhunt- quote explanations

• "the frozen river"

  metaphor, describes scar tissue. looks like a winding river. "frozen" symbolises his cold, icy exterior- hidden river flowing beneath his former self
• "grazed heart"

  symbolic of the hurt + emotional damage done to their relationship (as well as literal scar on his heart)
• "foetus of metal"

  personification, fragments of bullet compared as a living, growing thing- gets bigger. represents pain and suffering getting worse
• "to a sweating, unexploded mine"

  metaphor of bomb disposal describes slow and dangerous process of dealing with ptsd
• "then and only then did I come close"

  slowly getting to know her husband again. adjective "close" suggests there will always be a gap between them