English Power and Conflict Flashcards
How many stanzas are in Exposure?
8
What are the three main themes in Exposure?
War,weather and despair
What are the different interpretations of the line ‘Our brains ache’?
The soldiers are in physical pain and are developing psychological problems
What does repeating the phrase ‘But nothing happens’ emphasise?
The agony of waiting and that war is not all about action
What are the different interpretations of the line ‘We cringe in holes’?
The poet makes us think the soldiers are like frightened animals and the poet reminds the reader that the soldiers are just ordinary men
What rhyming pattern to the stanzas follow?
ABBAC
What is the effect of assonance in Exposure? (Give examples)
Unsettling examples: ‘knive us’ ‘nervous’ ‘silent’ ‘salient’
What are the two different aspects of the poem?
The war itself and the conditions they are trying to survive in
How does Owen draw the reader in?
The use of emotive language
‘Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow’ uses the technique…
Personification
