exposure

Question 1

soldiers were

Answer 1

on high alert

Question 2

written in

Answer 2

ww1 - capturing the brutality of life in the trenches

Question 3

he himself fought in

Answer 3

ww1 - gives poem authenticity

Question 4

how does structure show high alert

Answer 4

each stanza begins with a blunt and powerful sentence, these sentences are then followed by highly emotive vocabulary choices. each stanza ending with an anticlimax - the way in which the first 4 lines build up a rhyme pattern, only for it to be broken down by the final line shows the build up of adrenaline and anticipation of battle which is never realised.

repetitive rhyme scheme shows the repetitive events the soldiers are suffering through

Question 5

our brains ache in the

Answer 5

merciless iced east winds that knive us - personification of the winds as merciless and kiniving soldiers converys nature as an additional memory

Question 6

but nothing happens

Answer 6

refrain is repeated throughout the poem highlighting the futality and endless waiting - soldiers are waiting for a death or a purpose - highlighting the poets critisism of the pointless suffering

Question 7

for love of god seems dying

Answer 7

lose faith in god - owen critiques the idea that religion has a justification

Question 8

form

Answer 8

described as a lyric poem with elements of a collective monologue - showing emotional suffering.

Question 9

“Sudden successive … of bullets streak the …”

Answer 9

flights….silence. sibilance mimics whistling bullets, builds tension.