Exposure Flashcards
(17 cards)
Exposure, mnemonic
BATFW
A = “All their eyes are ice”
T = “The merciless iced east wind that knive us”
W = “What are we doing here?”
F = “ flowing flakes that flock”
B =“But nothing happens”
“All ____ ____ ___ ___”
“All their eyes are ice”
“ the ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___”
“The merciless iced east wind that knive us”
“But _______ _______”
“But nothing happens”
“What ___ __ _____ ____”
“What are we doing here?”
“ flowing _____ ____ _____”
“ flowing flakes that flock”
“All ____ ____ ___ ___”, methods
“All their eyes are ice”
- metaphor refers to the eyes of the living and the dead men ( they’ve overpowered by nature)
“ the ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___”, methods
“The merciless iced east wind that knive us”
- nature is personified and seems to be attacking them
“But _______ _______”, methods
“But nothing happens”
- the short half line emphasises their boredom and tension.
- repetition of it
- absence of change
“What ___ __ _____ ____?”, methods
“What are we doing here?”
- rhetorical question asks what is the point of it all is
“ flowing _____ ____ _____”, methods
“ flowing flakes that flock”
- alliteration emphasises the relentlessness of the snow
Structure
- 8 stanzas
- poem starts and ends with the same words (message), absence of change
Who wrote the poem?
Wilfred Owen
Who was the writer?
Soldier
Which war?
WW1
How died?
Killed at the very end of the war
ATWFB
A = “All their eyes are ice”
T = “The merciless iced east wind that knive us”
W = “What are we doing here?”
F = “ flowing flakes that flock”
B =“But nothing happens”
