Exposure Flashcards
Who made exposure
Wilfred owen
What is nature frequently personified as
The deadly enemy of the soldiers in the trench
Quotes
Merciless iced east winds that knive
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Come feelings
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Fingering stealth
What does each stanza end with and what does it connote
Pararhyme - could suggest they are nervous and on edge
Form of the poem
Regular rhyme scheme ABBAC
Represents the monotonous nature of the war
Rhyme schemes are jagged like the reality of the mens experience reflecting their confusion and fading energy
Structure
8 stanzas but no progression, the last line and first line are the same highlighting the monotonous nature of war
Quotes for a half sentences
But nothing happens
What are we doing here?
Is it that we are dying
For love of god seems dying
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Mad gusts
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Bleak foreheads crisp
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Twitching agonies of men
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Cringe in holes
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We only know war lasts , rain soaks and clouds sag stormy
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Dying
Doors are closed
