Exposure Flashcards
1
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Who wrote expose
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Wilfred owen
2
Q
The MERCILESS iced east winds that KNIVE us
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Shows the conflict between man and nature using personification. Nature is the biggest threat in the war.
3
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Melancholy army
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Personified using language of batlle. Dawn usuay brings hope.
4
Q
Ranks on shivering ranks
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Mirrors soldiers in trenches. Nature is the enemy. Mother nature not nurturing
5
Q
Pale flakes… Come feeling for our faces
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6
Q
All their eyes are ice
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Metaphor. Overpowered by nature. Living me no longer able to feel emotion
7
Q
Comparison to
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[reality of war… ] Charge of the light btigade, bayonet charge, [power of nature… ] storm on the island[abscence of hope… ] London
8
Q
Slowly our Ghosts drag home
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9
Q
Pause over half-known faces
A
Dehumanisation
10
Q
But nothing happens
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