exposure Flashcards
merciless iced east winds that knive us
nature is personified in a sinister war to create fear in the listener
wearied we
use of alliteration here makes the phrase difficult to say, alluding to the difficulty of the soldiers life
worried by silence, sentries whisper, curious, nervous
the use of ASYNDETIC LISTING creates a rushed, panicked pace and contrasts with the content of the poem
what are we doing here?
rhetorical question implies that the speaker is questioning of his motivation to fight
for love of god seems dying
the religious reference implies that there is a lack of religiously imposed morality remaining in the situation - highlighting the cruelty of it
use of ellipses
to emphasise the waiting and boredom of the soldiers. own use of elipses shows the pace of the poem to force the reader to experience the same frustration as the soldiers due to their suffering being stretched out with that time
seasons changing
this is shown through “snow dazed” “sun dosed” “blossoms
sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence
sibilance is used to position nature as the enemy. the sibilant consonants mirror the sound of gunfire which shows the reader that the snow is the real threat as snowflakes slices through the air in the same way as bullets
on us the doors are closed
the metaphor implies that as those at home in safety carry on with life as normal
