Exposure-important

Question 1

Ideas:” Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army “
Personification: of “Dawn” being a violent army
Juxtaposes Mother Nature
Ironic: Dawn typically is a symbol of renewal, this isn’t reflected as their future appears bleak
“We turn back to our dying”
Semantic field of death and death
“For love of god seems dying”
Disillusionment: with the idea of religion as it’s such dehumanising conditions. Sacrifice in these conditions is meaningless

Answer 1

Context •was killed in battle before the wars end
•wrote his poems to express the horrors of war
•tile “exposing”
Themes •personification of nature
Reality of war
Links: identity-kamikaze
Power of nature-ozymandias
Human control-bayonet charge