exposure

Question 1

who wrote exposure

Answer 1

wilfred owen

Question 2

Our brains ache in the merciless iced East wind that knive us…
we read keep awake because the night is silent

Answer 2

reaction from nature due to the actions of men
in war everything is opposite
techniques to draw out time 12 syllables
alliteration draws out time

Question 3

“dawn massing in the east her melancholy attacks once more in ranks on shivering lands of grey”

Answer 3

repetition of ranks shows the attack is endless
more danger from the weather
melancholy could show the emotions of men or nature
weather is better armed than the soldiers

Question 4

so we drowse sun dozed littered with blossoms trickling where the black bird fusses

Answer 4

sibilance shows ironic seduction he sleeps he dies
blossoms are the snow juxtaposed with littered
bird=wind=nuisance

Question 5

is it that we are dying?

Answer 5

signs his brain is letting go

interrogative

Question 6

therefore not loathe,we lie out here therefore were born

for love of god seems dying

Answer 6

lie could have a double meaning lying to themselves
reference to patriotism
love is dying
wilfred was going to be a vicor

Question 7

pause over half known faces. All their eyes are ice but nothing happens

Answer 7

deliberately not getting to know each other to save the pain of attachment
they are unfeeling and can no longer emphasise
Wilfred Owen wants a political solution to happen or wishes for death
Ice can also be a homophone for I this suggests their personalities have also become ice