Exposure Flashcards
Who was Wilfred Owen?
He was a Lieutenant in The First World War. He led his battalion into battle and was seriously injured and suffering from “Shell-Shock” (PTSD). However, he went back and died on the 4th November, 1918, just a week before the conclusion of the “Great War”!
“Our brains ache, in the _________ ____ ____ _____ ____ _____ __…”
“Merciless Iced East winds that knive us…” - In the world of developing technology for weapons and armour, a knife is a pretty crude way of killing someone. Personification is used on the wind. “East” is important because, in the Allies’ trenches, the British and the French would have been facing west, towards the Germans. Owen is suggesting that the wind would have been egging them on, over No Man’s Land and towards their certain death.
“But _______ _______”
“Nothing Happens” - This is a refrain, meaning that it is repeated throughout the poem for dramatic effect.
