Exposure

Question 1

What are 7 quotes from Exposure?

Answer 1

• “Snow-dazed”
• “Our brains ached”
• “Merciless iced east winds that knive us”
• “But nothing happens”
• “Is it that we are dying?”
• “For the love of God seems dying”
• “Half-known faces”

Question 2

What does the quote “snow-dazed” tell us about how the nature at war is affecting the soldiers? (Exposure)

Answer 2

It highlights to us how horrible the conditions are at war as the cold conditions are making them almost mentally numb

Question 3

What does the quote “our brains ached” tell us about the soldiers at war? (Exposure)

Answer 3

It tell us that the soldiers are almost tired and bored of the repetitiveness of war, as it is making their ‘brains ache’

(it is also important to note that Owen states that ‘our’ brains ache, highlighting how he is writing on behalf of all soldiers)

Question 4

What 2 method’s are used in the quote “merciless iced east winds that knive us”? (Exposure)

Answer 4

1) Personification as the winds cannot actually ‘knive’ the soldiers

2) Sibilance as the sharp S sound’s throughout the quote may represent the noises made as the wind lashes against the soldiers

Question 5

What does the quote “merciless iced east winds that knive us” tell us about the nature in the battlefield? (Exposure)

Answer 5

It emphasises the idea that nature may be the true enemy to the soldiers, as it is being personified to be attacking the soldiers as the wind ‘knives’ them

Question 6

What does the title of ‘Exposure’ tell us about Owen’s ideas of soldiers on the battlefield?

Answer 6

It may be Owen emphasising how vulnerable and exposed the soldiers are on the battlefield to the power of nature

Question 7

What does the quote “but nothing happens” tell us about the reality of war? (Exposure)

Answer 7

This emphasises how the soldiers are starting to feel like war is pointless, and that they are wasting their time suffering in these torturous conditions

(It is also important to note that this is repeated multiple times throughout the poem and is even the final line)

Question 8

What does the quote “half-known faces” tell us about the soldiers at war? (Exposure)

Answer 8

It hints to us that the conditions at war are so bad that the soldiers are becoming unrecognisable and have almost lost their identities

Question 9

What does the quote “is it that we are dying?” tell us about how the conditions at war are affecting the soldiers? (Exposure)

Answer 9

It highlights to us how the terrible conditions at war have causes the soldiers to become “desensitised” and the are unaware of what is happening to them

Question 10

What does the quote “for the love of God seems dying” tell us about the soldiers at war?

Answer 10

It tells us that the soldiers are beginning to question God as to why he is making them suffer so much