exposure

Question 1

quotes

Answer 1

“but nothing happens”
“twitching agonies of men”
“slowly out ghosts drag home”

Question 2

poet

Answer 2

Wilfred Owen

Question 3

theme

Answer 3

man vs nature
futility of war
reality of war
absence of hope

Question 4

purpose

Answer 4

to show what the reality of war was to those who were not in the trenches

Question 5

form

Answer 5

present tense

first person plural- not only him affected

Question 6

rhyme

Answer 6

regular rhyme scheme

reflects the monotonous nature of their experience

Question 7

structure

Answer 7

8 stanzas
cyclical structure
shows never ending

Question 8

devices 1

Answer 8

rhetorical Q- questions the reason for their suffering

bleak lang/imagery - show men’s pain and weather, lack of hope,

Question 9

devices 2

Answer 9

assonance, onomatopoeia make imagery vivid and distressing

nature is personified- seem like the true enemy

Question 10

feelings and attitudes

Answer 10

suffering- physical pain
boredom- frustration waiting for it to end
hopelessness- soldiers cant do anything against nature,

Question 11

owen

Answer 11

ex soldier
ran away from war twice
died a few days before the end