Exposure Flashcards
(6 cards)
What is the structure of Exposure?
-Wilfred Owen
-Rhythm represents the repetitive and never ending nature of war
-Broken ABBAC Rhyme Scheme (Pararhyme), repeated rhyme scheme reveals the monotony of war, symbolises the men barely holding on.
What are the themes in Exposure?
-Misery in war-Reveals the horrific day-to-day misery experience by those who went to war.
-Weather-Presented as the real enemy of the soldiers.
What is an analysis of the quote “Our brains ache in the merciless iced east wind that knive us”
-Sibilance highlights the intensity of the pain and brutality of weather, represents the onomatopoeic sound of the wind.
-weather is personified throughout to make it sound menacing and deadly, Characterises the weather as the real enemy of the soldiers.
What is an analysis of the quote “Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow”
-Personification, nature is presented as more damaging and deadly than the bullets.
-‘Black’ connotates the imagery of death which foreshadows the soldiers fateful end.
What is an analysis of the quote “Slowly our ghosts drag home”
-Suggests that war has sucked the life out of the soldiers, and reminds readers they are on the brink of death.
What is an analysis of the quote “But nothing happens”
-Repetition of this phrase gives the reader a sense of boredom caused by waiting and hints at the pointlessness of war.
