‘Manhunt’ in comparison to ‘In Paris with you’

Both poems focus on the difficulties of being close to another person after yesteryear experiences. The male speaker in the poem In Paris with You is unwilling to discuss his experiences of the past because he was bamboozled and is now focusing on the present, Im on the rebound. The husband in The Manhunt is withal closed on the subject of the past because of his experience of war, The blown hinge of his lower jaw shows that he is unable to talk of his experience and it is like a door which is no longer open to his wife.The cashier of In Paris with You does not want to spend time visiting famous parisian landmarks like Notre Dame, instead he wants to stay in an Old hotel room having sex with the wo human. This shows that the man does not want to spend time getting to get her but instead he uses her. The poet uses colloquial style downed a drink or two to reflect the lack of care for the woman. In The Manhunt the wife is distinct for her husband who seems lost to her, metapho rically, after war.She is climbing the rungs of his broken ribs which shows she is trying to reach his heart to let him know shes there, she is climbing which takes a lot of effort in a gradual search for her husband. In The Manhunt the poet shows effort to connect with another person. On the other hand in In Paris with You the man shows no effort in getting close to the woman, which is reflected by the colloquial language.