Exposure Flashcards
O B A
Our brains ache - collective, phsycological impact of war
M I E W T K U
Merciless iced east winds that knife us - nature personified
B N H
But nothing happens - simple line, bordem
T A O M A I B
Twitching agonies of men among its brambles - distrubing nature of pain, nature
F G R
Flickering gunnery rumbles - visual, asconence, onomatopeia, sensory, sound
D R O S O W
Dull rumour of some other war - seperated from action, biblical reference
M O D
Misery of dawn - normally brings hope, juxtaposing
R S A C S S
Rain soaks and clouds sag stormy - weather shown to be biggest concern
H M A
Her melancholy army - personified by war language, pain and misery
S R O G
Shivering ranks of grey - soilders, grey reflects weather
D T T A
Deadly than the air - wind is more deadly than bullets
S S F O B
Sudden successive flights of bullets - sibilance increases pace, mimics sound
B W S
Black with snow - usually pure now black (evil)
F F T F
Flowing flakes that flock - frickitive alliteration, relentlessness and power
C I H
Cringe in holes - get away from weather, enemy
F W F S C F F O F
Flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces - malicious sensory imagery
S O G D H, G
Slowly our ghosts drag home, glozed - long painful feeling, reinforced by asconence
C D R J
Crusted dark red jewels - precious, fire is no longer welcoming
S I S G
Shovels in shaking grasp - ‘sh’ shows exposure to cold or fear
A T E A I
all their eyes are ice - metaphor represents the living or emotions
T
Tonight - lack of hope
S H, F C
Shrivelling hands, foreheads crisp - vivid imagery of the weather affecting them
L O G S D
Love of God seems dying - faith is slowly fading. Weather weakens their faith
Structure:
Present tense, first person plural, collective voice, ABBAC rhyme scheme - monotomy, half rhymes reflect experience, each stanza ends in a half line - no satisfaction
