Exposure

Question 1

O B A

Answer 1

Our brains ache - collective, phsycological impact of war

Question 2

M I E W T K U

Answer 2

Merciless iced east winds that knife us - nature personified

Question 3

B N H

Answer 3

But nothing happens - simple line, bordem

Question 4

T A O M A I B

Answer 4

Twitching agonies of men among its brambles - distrubing nature of pain, nature

Question 5

F G R

Answer 5

Flickering gunnery rumbles - visual, asconence, onomatopeia, sensory, sound

Question 6

D R O S O W

Answer 6

Dull rumour of some other war - seperated from action, biblical reference

Question 7

M O D

Answer 7

Misery of dawn - normally brings hope, juxtaposing

Question 8

R S A C S S

Answer 8

Rain soaks and clouds sag stormy - weather shown to be biggest concern

Question 9

H M A

Answer 9

Her melancholy army - personified by war language, pain and misery

Question 10

S R O G

Answer 10

Shivering ranks of grey - soilders, grey reflects weather

Question 11

D T T A

Answer 11

Deadly than the air - wind is more deadly than bullets

Question 12

S S F O B

Answer 12

Sudden successive flights of bullets - sibilance increases pace, mimics sound

Question 13

B W S

Answer 13

Black with snow - usually pure now black (evil)

Question 14

F F T F

Answer 14

Flowing flakes that flock - frickitive alliteration, relentlessness and power

Question 15

C I H

Answer 15

Cringe in holes - get away from weather, enemy

Question 16

F W F S C F F O F

Answer 16

Flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces - malicious sensory imagery

Question 17

S O G D H, G

Answer 17

Slowly our ghosts drag home, glozed - long painful feeling, reinforced by asconence

Question 18

C D R J

Answer 18

Crusted dark red jewels - precious, fire is no longer welcoming

Question 19

S I S G

Answer 19

Shovels in shaking grasp - ‘sh’ shows exposure to cold or fear

Question 20

A T E A I

Answer 20

all their eyes are ice - metaphor represents the living or emotions

Question 21

T

Answer 21

Tonight - lack of hope

Question 22

S H, F C

Answer 22

Shrivelling hands, foreheads crisp - vivid imagery of the weather affecting them

Question 23

L O G S D

Answer 23

Love of God seems dying - faith is slowly fading. Weather weakens their faith

Question 24

Structure:

Answer 24

Present tense, first person plural, collective voice, ABBAC rhyme scheme - monotomy, half rhymes reflect experience, each stanza ends in a half line - no satisfaction

Question 25

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