6) Exposure: quotes

Question 1

Owen describes how “O__ b__ a__, i_ t__ m__ i__ e__ w__ t__ k__ / u_ …”

Answer 1

…“Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive / us…”.

Question 2

Owen portrays nature to be the real enemy of soldiers by describing “h__ m__ a__” of “m__ g__” of wind, and the “b__… l__ d__ t__ t__ a__ t__ s__ b__”.

Answer 2

…“her melancholy army”…“mad gusts”…“bullets…less deadly than the air that shudders black”.

Question 3

Owen communicates the futility of war with the refrain “b__ n__ h__”, and by asking “w__ a__ w_ d__ h__?”.

Answer 3

…“but nothing happens”…“what are we doing here?”.

Question 4

Owen personifies nature, describing “t__ w__ n___” and how “p__ f__ w__ f__ s__ c__ f__ f__ o__ f__”.

Answer 4

…“the wind’s nonchalance”…“pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces”.

Question 5

Owen portrays himself and the other soldiers as almost reduced to animals with the quotes “t__ a__ o_ m__” and “w_ c__ i_ h__”. He describes how nature is “s__ … h__”.

Answer 5

…“twitching agonies of men”…“we cringe in holes”…“shrivelling…hands”.

Question 6

Owen shows that life for the soldiers will never be the same by describing how “o__ g__ d__ h__” and that “o_ u_ t__ d__ a__ c__”.

Answer 6

…“our ghosts drag home”…“on us the doors are closed”.

Question 7

Owen demonstrates the soldiers’ loss of faith with the quote “l__ o_ G__ s__ d__”.

Answer 7

…“love of God seems dying”.

Question 8

List 6 quotes which use personification to demonstrate the brutality of nature.

Answer 8

1) “Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive / us…” 2) “her melancholy army” 3) “mad gusts” 4) “bullets…less deadly than the air that shudders black” 5) “the wind’s nonchalance” 6) “pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces”

Question 9

What is the refrain which ends the first 3 stanzas and the last stanza?

Answer 9

“but nothing happens”.

Question 10

Give the rhetorical question which communicates the futility of war.

Answer 10

“what are we doing here?”

Question 11

Give 4 quotes which show the deteriorating effects of nature on the soldiers.

Answer 11

1) “our brains ache” 2) “twitching agonies of men” 3) “we cringe in holes” 4) “shrivelling…hands”

Question 12

Give 2 quotes which show that life for soldiers will never be the same.

Answer 12

1) “our ghosts drag home” 2) “on us the doors are closed”.

Question 13

What quote demonstrates the soldiers’ loss of faith?

Answer 13

…“love of God seems dying”.