Exposure by Wilfred Owen

Question 1

What is an Oxymoron?

Answer 1

Two words put together to Oppose something Different (eg. “Cold Fiery Hell”).

Question 2

Wilfred Owen Died on the Last Week of _____.

Answer 2

War.

Question 3

Wilfred Owen earned the ____________ Cross, and got it after he had passed away.

Answer 3

Military.

Question 4

The whole of “Exposure” is asking what Question?

Answer 4

What is the Point of World War 1?

Question 5

What was the Original Name of “Exposure”?

Answer 5

“Nothing Happens”, it changed to “Exposure” because of the Exposure to Weather, Violence and Death.

Question 6

What Key Technique is used loads in “Exposure”?

Answer 6

Pathetic Fallacy.

Question 7

“Sentries Whisper.” What does this show?

Answer 7

Keeping an Eye Out for the Enemies at Night-Time.

Question 8

“Incessantly.” What does this show?

Answer 8

Without Stopping or Continuously.

Question 9

“The Poignant Misery.” What does this show?

Answer 9

Sad in a Reflective Way, also a Contrast or Oxymoron.

Question 10

“Nonchalance.” What does this show?

Answer 10

Uncaring, Calm, as if the Weather has given up on them.

Question 11

“Our Brains Ache.” What does this show?

Answer 11

A Description of the Physical Symptoms that the Soldiers are experiencing, the use of the word “Brain” suggests that even the most Central Part of the Body is affected.

Question 12

“Merciless…Knife us.” What does this show?

Answer 12

Personification of the Weather is Described as “Merciless”, and Attacking them which is unexpected as we expect the Fight to be between the Soldiers.

Question 13

What is a Key Theme in “Exposure”?

Answer 13

Sibilance, the Hissing “S” Sound, sounds both Lonely and Biting.

Question 14

“Twitching Agonies of Men.” What does this show?

Answer 14

The Man-Made Weaponed through Metaphor to Natural Objects.

Question 15

“What are we doing here? Is it that we are Dying?” What does this show?

Answer 15

They are both Rhetorical Questions that show the Confusion of the Soldiers.

Question 16

“Flowing Flakes that Flock.” What does this show?

Answer 16

Alliteration.

Question 17

“So we Drowse, Sun-Dozed.” What does this show?

Answer 17

Like Snoozing, going into a Dream World.

Question 18

“We Cringe in Holes.” What does this show?

Answer 18

Man is Animalised, likened to Scare most Animals.

Question 19

“With Crusted Dark-Red Jewels; Crickets Jingle there.” What does this show?

Answer 19

Metaphor shows Frozen Blood is Described as Jewels. Wilfred Owen sees Men’s Lives as Valuable, which shows Love, Respect and Care for others.

Question 20

“On us the Doors are Closed.” What does this show?

Answer 20

They hear Fighting, they are Trapped in.

Question 21

“We turn back to our Dying.” What does this show?

Answer 21

Out of Memory, or from Dream to Reality.

Question 22

“Spring our Love is made Afraid.” What does this show?

Answer 22

So Broken and Hurt that they feel Abandoned and Lose Faith in God.

Question 23

“Puckering Foreheads Crisp.” What does this show?

Answer 23

Maybe People have Frozen to Death.

Question 24

“Pause over Half-Known Faces.” What does this show?

Answer 24

Distorted and no-one knows them, they were Born to Die like this.

Question 25

“But nothing Happens.” What does this show?

Answer 25

There will never be Change. It shows Abandonment, that they have been Left behind Waiting and no-one is coming for them. The Final Line Emphasises that the Process never Ends, the Soldiers are Frozen in Time and Hell.

Question 26

What happens Between Stanza 5 and Stanza 6?

Answer 26

There is Juxtaposition and Contrast between Dark and Light, Cold and Warm.