Exposure

Question 1

‘Our brains ache’

Answer 1

mental drain of war, personal pronoun, hes an officer but still sees himself as a human being like all men,

Question 2

‘merciless iced east winds that knive us’

Answer 2

sibilance, hissing combination with hard d and t create a cutting bitter edge.

Question 3

‘mad gusts’

Answer 3

personification- mad with anger

Question 4

‘like twitching agonies of men among its brambles’

Answer 4

similie- horrific image, dead men

Question 5

‘flakes that flock, pause, and renew’

Answer 5

personification, even snow flakes have to focus on who to fall on

Question 6

‘we drowse, sun-dozed’

Answer 6

beautiful image
where they want to escape and hide from reality in previous 2 lines.

Question 7

‘Littered with blossoms’

Answer 7

turns something beautiful back to negative
they are unable to focus on good when so much bad is around them

Question 8

‘for love of god seems dying’

Answer 8

love for god is in doubt, their faith has disappeared due to war.