exposure Flashcards
Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knife us . . .
sibilance mimics the sound of the wind blowing through the trenches and the sound of the winds stabbing the army
personification
not the physical pain of war but the mental torment that comes with the constant fear of war#
winds that knifed us shows how its the winds and the elements that are doing the damage not the enemies
enjambment
Ache - verb
the mad gusts tugging on the wire
but nothing happens as the war has already started. they are getting beat by nature.
they’ve almost been programed to stand and wait and don’t move
personification the wind is mad because it is angry with people for trying to challenge it
verb getting absolutly destroued
but nothing happens.
repetition shows the damage nature is causing
The burying-party, picks and shovels in their shaking grasp,
Pause over half-known faces
Sibilance - they will die by nature because they have been frozen to death nature because nothing is happening
Title - exposure
The origin of this word is ‘enclosed’ , and the soldiers will feel like this