Exposure

Question 1

Key themes/ surface meaning?

Answer 1

war, is about the weather and conditions living in the trenches rather than any fighting, conflict between man and nature

Question 2

Deeper meaning?

Answer 2

War is pointless; a waste of life and potential. Man cannot win war against nature. Human life has more value than given credit. Weather is personified as enemy

Question 3

Quote 1 and explanation?

Answer 3

winds that knife us - personification of the weather described as merciless and attacking them ‘knife us’ this is unexpected as we expect the fight to be between soldiers.

Question 4

Quote 2 and explanation?

Answer 4

Shivering ranks of gray - rain is personified, nothing happens repeated to emphasise the helplessness of the soldiers who are beyond help.

Question 5

Quote 3 and explanation?

Answer 5

But nothing happens - repetition, final line emphasises the process doesn’t end and the soldiers are frozen in time and hell.

Question 6

Structure?

Answer 6

First person, collective voice shows how the experience was shared by soldiers across the war. Rhyme is jaggered like the reality of the men’s experience and reflect their confusion and fading energy

Question 7

Poet?

Answer 7

Owen