Exposure

Question 1

When was Wilfred Owen born?

Answer 1

1893

Question 2

What gave us a valuable insight into his poetry?

Answer 2

His letters he wrote in the trenches to his Mum.

Question 3

What was Owens main purpose of the poem Exposure?

Answer 3

shows people the trench life and the battle they had to have every day with the weather

Question 4

What are the key themes?

Answer 4

Reality of conflict, Memory, Power of Nature, power of humans.

Question 5

What is the siginificance of the title “Exposure”?

Answer 5

It has different meanings it could mean either the soldiers are vulnreable to being harmed physically or mentally or it could mean exposing the harsh reality of trench warfare to the people back home.

Question 6

Quotes that use personification

Answer 6

“Iced east winds that knive us” “ her melancholy army attacks once more in shivering ranks of grey”
“ gusts tugging on the wire”

Question 7

Structure

Answer 7

Orderly form links to military and the repitive nature of their lives. The last line of each stanza shows nothing has changed from the last the only thing changing is their hope is being lost. “But nothing happens”

Question 8

Rhyme scheme

Answer 8

ABBA half rhyme scheme the words sound similar but don’t properly rhyme. Makes the reader feel uneasy reading it mirroring the soldiers waiting in the trenches.

Question 9

Key quotes

Answer 9

“Our brains ache”
“ The poignant misery of dawn”

Question 10

Key quotes 2

Answer 10

“Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence”
“Less deadly then the air that shudders”