Exposure Flashcards
(20 cards)
“_ iced _ _ _ knive _”
“merciless iced east winds that knive us”
“poignant _ _ _”
“poignant misery of dawn”
“less _ _ _ _”
“less deadly than the air”
“Snow _” “sun _”
“snow-dazed” “sun-dozed”
“_ _ fasten”
“frost will fasten”
“all their _ _ _”
“all their eyes are ice”
“our _ _”
“our brains ache”
“worried _ _”
“worried by silence”
“_ _ _ god _ dying”
“for love of god seems dying”
“we _ _ to our _”
“we turn back to our dying”
“half _ _”
“half known faces”
“our _ _ _”
“our ghosts drag home”
“Worried _ _”
“worried by silence”
“but _ _”
“but nothing happens”
rhetorical questions
“what are we doing here?” “is it that were dying”
Context in exposure
-written by wilfred owen- authenticity
-written during brutal winter- reflects owens experience
WWI
structure/ form in exposure
-contrast or cold-warm-cold imagery -reflects delusions of the dying
-repetition of “but nothing happens”- implies never ending suffering (cyclical structure)
-pararhymes -barely hold poem together (Like men)
Key themes in exposure
-horrors/ realities of war
-nature’s indifference
-futility + hopelessness
-absence of glory/ disillusionment of war
disillusionment definition
a feeling of disappointment resulting from the discovery that something is not as good as one believed it to be
