Exposure Flashcards
Who is Wilfred Owen
He joined the army at 1915 and died one week before the end of the war
Owen was inspired by John Keats
What is the purpose of exposure 
Show soldiers can die due to weather as well as warfare - exposing reality of war
What rhyme scheme is used
ABBAC
What is the effect of the rhyme scheme
Shows the anticlimactic nature of war
The rhyme scheme stays the same suggesting how war continues but is futile
What is the structure of the poem
Each stanza starts with a blunt, powerful sentence and tension builds with highly emotive language but the stanzas end in an anticlimax which embodies the reality of a war
How does the last line of stanza 2,5,6,7 link
They suggest people turn their back to God in war due to the suffering
Analyse ‘merciless iced east winds that knive us’
The personification suggests that nature is the enemy
Analyse ‘for life of God seems dying’
Religious reference implies that there is a lack of religiously imposed morality remaining in the situation
Analyse ‘air that shutters back with snow’
Personification of her emphasises the suffering and that all nature is fighting against the soldiers
Compare with
Charge of the light Brigade bayonet
charge storm on the island
Ozymandias
the prelude
What does the cyclical structure represent
Futility of war 
