Exposure Flashcards
Who wrote Exposure ?
Wilfred Owen
What is the context of exposure ?
-This poem was written during World War I.
-It depicts the horrific conditions of war.
What’s the author’s intent in exposure?
show the reality of war in contrast to the propaganda that was being feed to the British nation at home.
What are the themes of exposure ?
-Power of humans
-Power of nature
-War
-Death
How is weather personified in exposure?
‘merciless iced east winds that knive us”
How are rhetorical questions used in exposure?
“What are we doing here?”
How is alliteration used in exposure ?
“flowing flakes that flock”
How is imagery used in exposure?
“We turn back to our dying.”
All their eyes are ice
How is sibilance used in exposure?
“Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence”
How are simile used in exposure?
“the mad gusts tugging on the wire, Like twitching agonies of men”
What structure is shown in exposure?
Eight stanzas
Rhyming
half-rhyme
What effect does the 8 stanzas have in exposure ?
reinforces a sense of stasis and sameness throughout the poem.
What effect does para-rhyme have in exposure?
Creates a sense of unsettledness in the poem that the soldiers are also feeling.
What effect does the use of onomatopoeia and alliteration have in exposure?
Emphasises power of the weather rather then actual combat
