Exposure Flashcards
(26 cards)
who wrote exposure
wilfred Owen
how did owen die
as a soldier in battle
what does owen write about
the true horrors of war
when was exposure written
in 1917 while he was fighting in the trenches
how was wat seeing in britian at the time of WW1
romanticised and as gaining status
how does exposure contrat with other war poems of that time
instead of descibing fighting as an honour he calls it “the old lie”
how does the poem open
“our brains ache in the merciless winds that ice us”
what does opening the poem with a refernce to “brains” do
establishes psychological impact of war
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literal ache of the brain through pain
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emotional pain from seeing “half-know faces” die
what is the rythem scheme of the poem
consistant to make fifth standing out to send its message
what is the impostant of the 5th lines of the stanzas
its an ant-climax and shows monotony of wa
what does the pararhyme between “winds that knife us” and “curious, nervous” do
by only rhyming the consonants the reader fels unsatisifed like the solider
what is the structure of the poem
cyclical structure
what does te cyclical structure show
nothing has happened in the time
what does the anaphora show
the futility of war
what does the caesura of “slowly our ghosts drag home : glimpsing the sunk fires”
soldiers imagining the warmh and compfort of home
what are religous references in the poem
“for love of god seems dying”
why does owen use religous references
to show the soldiers selflessness throught he christian association with morality and paralleing how jesus died on the cross
what tequnique is “sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence”
sibilance
what does sibliancein the poem do
- presents nature of the enemy
- mirrors sound of gunfire that is simmilar to how snow slices throught he air
- connotations to a serpent
how does owen personify nature
“less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”
what are the connotations of “less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”
“black” has death like connotations suggesting the fight is with nature and not the opposition
how does owne present the battle as insignficant
through the auditory imagery “like a dull rumour of some other war”
what are the 3 ways the poem show the reality of war
boredom
soldiers being forgotten
fear
how is boredom shown
the seasons changing from “snow-dazed” to “sun-dosed”
