EXPOSURE

Question 1

WHO WROTE EXPOSURE

Answer 1

OWEN

Question 2

WHAT IS THE CONTEXT OF EXPOSURE

Answer 2

OWEN GOT SHELL SHOCK ON THE WESTERN FRONT
DIED JUST BEFORE THE END OF THE WAR

Question 3

WHAT AR THE KEY THEMES IN EXPOSURE

Answer 3

POWER OF NATURE
POWER OF CONFLICT
LOSS AND ABSANCE

Question 4

WHAT IS THE POEM ABOUT

Answer 4

SOLDIERS IN THE TRENCHES OF WW1 AWAKE AT NIGHT AND AFFRAID
NATURE SEEMS TO BE THE MAIN ENEMY
THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE SACRIFICING THEMSELVES TO PROTECT EVERYONE AT HOME

Question 5

HOW IS FORM USED IN EXPOSURE

Answer 5

PRESENT TENSE FIRST PERSON
COLLECTIVE VOICE SHOWS IT WAS A SHARED EXPERIENCE
REGUALER RHYME SHOWS MONOTONOUS NATURE OF THE MENS EXPERIENCE
THE HALF RHYME MEANS IT IS JAGGERED AND UNCOMFORTABLE LIKE THEIR EXPERIENCE

Question 6

HOW ARE RHETORICAL QUESTIONS USED IN EXPOSURE

Answer 6

IS IT THAT WE ARE DYING ? - THE MEN DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON AND WHY THEY ARE THERE , THEY DONT SEE THE POINT TO THEIR SUFFERING

Question 7

HOW IS STRUCTURE USED IN EXPOSURE

Answer 7

NO REAL PROGRESS THROUGH THE STANZAS SHOWS THE MONOTEMY OF THEIR LIFE AND THE ABSANCE OF CHANGE

Question 8

HOW IS LANGUAGE USED IN EXPOSURE

Answer 8

BLEAK IMAGRY REMINDS US OF THE MENS PAIN AND SUFFERING AND LACK OF HOPE

SUDDEN SUCCESSIVE FLIGHTS OF BULLETS STREAK THE SILENCE - SIBILANCE MIMICS THE WHISTLE OF BULLETS

Question 9

HOW IS PERSONIFICATION USED IN EXPOSURE

Answer 9

NATURE IS PERSONIFIED AS THE TRUE ENEMY

PALE FLAKES WITH FINGERING STEALTH COME FEELING FOR OUR FACES - THE SNOW IS MALICIOUSLY SEEKING OUT THE SOLDIERS