Exposure Flashcards
1
Q
“winds that - us”
A
“winds that knive us”
- sets up a sinister tone for the poem
- Nature is personified and is attacking them.
- shows brutality of war
2
Q
“Like - agonies of men among its - “
A
“Like twitching agonies of men among its brambles”
- simile
- biblical reference to Matthew 246 where Jesus foretells the end of the world
3
Q
“our - ache”
A
“our brains ache”
- “ache” monosyllabic word emphasises harsh conditions
- collective pronouns connotes the soldiers loss of identity and no sense of individualism
4
Q
“for love of - seems - “
A
“for love of God seems dying”
- faith is dying because they cannot reconcile with the idea of God being benevolent with the realities of war
- narrator questions us if is war caused because of humans love for god or gods love for man dying
5
Q
” but - happens”
A
” but nothing happens”
- constantly repeated throughout the poem emphasising the helpless of the soldiers
- ironic because of the way war is portrayed in propaganda posters, nothing as such in reality
- poem highlights the agony of waiting
- men see death as inevitable (metaphor)
