‘The Manhunt’‚ the poem Simon Armitage writes about the relationship that is shared between a wife and her husband who is an injured soldier who has just returned home from war. Both of these poets write about and explore the relationships and the sympathetic feeling that is felt by both the narrator of the poem (The father for Nettles‚ and the wife for The Manhunt) towards the other person in their relationship in the poem. Both poets‚ Vernon Scannell and Simon Armitage use varied language techniques
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difficult experiences of love? (45 minutes) The poem ’Manhunt’ was written by Simon Armitage for women experiencing marital problems after their husbands returned from war. Similarly‚ ’Quickdraw’ has a main theme of painful love and the hope of repairing it. Both poets explore the idea of the women desperately attempting to fix their damaged relationships and describing the suffering that it brings with it. Simon Armitage devises war metaphors and phrases to present the aftermath of returning from
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‘Harmonium’‚ which makes it relevant to many other war victims. The husband in Manhunt is not open to his experiences of the past. The speaker in ‘Harmonium’ uses colloquial language to create a friendly‚ warm‚ conversational tone. In ‘Harmonium’ Simon Armitage uses language like “bundled off to the skip” to try and say that the Harmonium is broken. In the poem Manhunt the speaker uses a more compassionate tone‚ which makes the poem touching. This is created when she unravels the list of her husband’s
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experiences feelings; they cannot be ignored as we have no control over them. In ‘Harmonium’‚ Simon Armitage explores the feelings of the relationship between himself and his father‚ using the extended metaphor he presents the instrument ‘harmonium’ to test his feelings that exists between the father and son. The name itself ‘harmonium’ immediately highlights the connection or ‘harmony’ between them. Armitage also underlines the feeling of regret throughout the poem‚ as the harmonium is “gathering dust”
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expressed their views in a strong and effective way. I shall be writing about three poems. • Base Details by Siegfried Sassoon • On the life of man by Walter Raleigh • Those bastards in their mansions by Simon Armitage Base Details Siegfried Sassoon In this essay I will be describing the contrasts and explore the attitude of the poet in a strong and effective way. This poem is written by Siegfried Sassoon‚ who was a soldier during the First World
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Compare the ways in which damaged relationships are presented in ‘The Manhunt’ and ‘In Paris with You’ Simon Armitage and James Fentom both present a damaged relationship in ‘The Manhunt’ and ‘In Paris with You’ by using many poetic devises such as alliteration‚ metaphors and repetition. Armitage presents a damaged relationship in the Manhunt between a soldier‚ Eddie‚ and his wife‚ Laura‚ and how they have been affected by war. Fenton presents a damaged relationship between a couple using a monologue
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precise‚ two- lined‚ separate stanzas. I think Simon Armitage did this to emphasize the SMALL steps in this painstaking process of returning a man to the real world after all the suffering and traumatizing scenes he has witnessed in war. There is also some repetition of the structure of the stanzas which all contain two verbs each‚ an example of this is in the fourth stanza‚ where it states‚ “And handle and hold his damaged porcelain collar bone.” Armitage might have done this to symbolise and bring
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quickly gained great admiration. However his little helper Robin the Boy Wonder is an equally important character. Robin’s assistance is rarely highlighted and he does not feel he received the credit he deserves. This is where the poem ‘Kid’ by Simon Armitage begins. Robin is fed up. The poem is a first-person narration from Robin’s point of view. The 25 lines are humorously constructed with Robin fiercely insulting Batman initially claiming him nothing but a “big shot”. The Batman story is by a stroke
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the strength of the nettles and that the organisation makes them more strong and fearful to fight against. This therefore demonstrates how important the father’s emotions are in order to protect the son. In comparison‚ in the poem “Harmonium” by Simon Armitage the son’s emotions for his father are shown in the extended metaphor of the harmonium. The poets of Harmonium and Nettles have explored a father and son relationship. The poem Nettles describes a positive father and son relationship; the father
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the poets demonstrate the effects of conflict on people in ’out of the blue’ and one other poem in conflict: Out of the Blue and Poppies‚both demonstrate the catastrophic effects which conflict can have upon ordinary people. Within Out of Blue‚ Simon Armitage portrays the feelings of utter helplessness of the public when viewing the twin towers by ’you have picked me out’ the use of personal pronouns is very direct‚ provoking a strong emotional response from the readerWhat about the effect of conflict
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