Exposure

Question 1

‘Our brains ache, in the merciless …

Answer 1

Iced east winds that knive us ‘

Question 2

‘The poignant …

Answer 2

Misery of dawn ‘

Question 3

‘Dawn massing in the east …

Answer 3

Her melancholy army ‘

Question 4

‘Sudden successive flights ….

Answer 4

Of bullets streak the silence ‘ .

Question 5

‘We cringe in holes …

Answer 5

Back on forgotten dreams ‘

Question 6

‘Slowly our ghosts …

Answer 6

Drag home ‘

Question 7

Who wrote exposure ?

Answer 7

Wilfred owen

Question 8

What is the poem about ?

Answer 8

The horrific conditions the soldiers face whilst waiting for the enemy.

Question 9

What does the title ‘ exposure ‘ suggest ?

Answer 9

Suggests vunerability could be from weather , being exposed by the government or the enemy fire .

Question 10

‘Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knives us ‘ . What techniques are used here and what do they suggest ?

Answer 10

Techniques used in the first part ‘ our brains ache ‘ , collective first person pronoun . Personification of the wind being the enemy suggests that they are fighting not only the enemy but the weather aswell . Sibilance ‘s’ sounds reflect the power of the wind itself

Question 11

What group of words in the first stanza highlight the numerous conflicting emotions the soldiers face ?

Answer 11

Confuse , curious , nervous and worried

Question 12

‘But nothing happens ‘ used in the first stanza . What does this suggest ?

Answer 12

Boredom and mundanity

Question 13

What technique is used in the phrase ‘ watching, we hear ‘ and what does this suggest ?

Answer 13

Juxtaposition suggests the continuation of chaos

Question 14

What is one quote from the second stanza that shows the power of the wind ? What technique is used ?

Answer 14

Personification of ‘ mad gusts tugging on the wire ‘

Question 15

The phrase ‘ Like twitching agonies of men among its brambles ‘ is what technique and creates what image ?

Answer 15

Simile and shows the pain caused by nature

Question 16

‘What are we doing here ‘ suggests what ?

Answer 16

He questions the reason for war

Question 17

‘The poignant misery of dawn ‘ creates what ?

Answer 17

Creates an opposite effect to what we expect . New chance for more suffering .

Question 18

‘Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army ‘ is what technique and shows what ?

Answer 18

Personification of the army , but its the weather instead.

Question 19

‘But nothing happens ‘ is on the last line of what two stanzas ?

Answer 19

The first stanza and the third one

Question 20

What is the tone like in the first three stanzas ?

Answer 20

Quite mundane as nothing is happening, soldiers are waiting for an attack but all they get is the attack from the weather .

Question 21

When does the tone shift in pace ?

Answer 21

Line 16 stanza 4

Question 22

What technique is used in the phrase ‘ Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence ‘ ?

Answer 22

Sibilance show the fast movement of bullets . Change in tone and pace .

Question 23

What phrase shows that even the bullets don’t compare to the effects of the weather , in stanza 4 ?

Answer 23

‘Less deadly than the air ‘

Question 24

What does the constant fricative alliteration in stanza four of ‘f’ s show ?

Answer 24

Shows relentless nature of the weather

Question 25

'Is it that we are dying ' on the last line of the fifth stanza shows what ?

Answer 25

He himself is answering his own question . What are they doing there ?

Question 26

The repeated 'w' sounds in stanza four show what ?

Answer 26

The power of the wind

Question 27

In stanza five , what is the poet thinking about ?

Answer 27

His memories before war

Question 28

'Slowly our ghosts drag home ' , techniques shown here ?

Answer 28

Assonance , word ghosts 'o' sounds shows the fictional journey back to reality

Question 29

What phrase shows that they are turning back from their memories in stanza six ?

Answer 29

'We turn back from our dying '

Question 30

What phrase in stanza seven shows that their faith is being diminished ?

Answer 30

'For love of God seems dying '

Question 31

'Tonight' is what technique and what kind of structure does it link to ?

Answer 31

Temporal dexis and it links to a cyclical structure . At the start it was dawn and now it is night.

Question 32

'This frost will fasten on this mud and us ' suggest what about humans and nature ?

Answer 32

He comes to the realisation that humans are nothing more than nature .

Question 33

'All their eyes are ice, But nothing happens ' . Suggests what ? What line is this in the poem ?

Answer 33

Everyone is metaphorically dead and it shows a cyclical structure which suggests that nothing changes and nothing happens .

Question 34

The repetition of 'we' throughout the poem shows what ?

Answer 34

That all the soldiers are feeling things he is describing . They are all effected. .

Question 35

Give four things to say about structure in this poem ?

Answer 35

1. Collective voice , shows everyone is effected 2. Each stanza ends with a half line which shows the lack of hope 3. Line 16 has volta which highlights how quickly war can change pace 4. Regular rhyme scheme

Question 36

What are poems to compare for the theme of reality of war ?

Answer 36

Charge of the light brigade , remains and war photographer

Question 37

What is one poem to compare for theme of lack of hope ?

Answer 37

London

Question 38

What are the poems to compare for the theme of power of nature ?

Answer 38

Ozymandias , prelude and storm on the island