Exposure

Question 1

Wilfred Owen

Answer 1

Suffered shellshock from war,witnessed horrible conditions,was “exposed” to gunfire and bombs,he felt it was his duty to write poems to go against propaganda

Question 2

Refrain of “but nothing happens” then of ”dying” and cyclical structure “but nothing happens”

Answer 2

Shows futility of war and how death was for nothing.

Question 3

“For love of God seems dying”

Answer 3

Religious imagery,loss of religion/morality,abandoned by god because war is so bad and conditions are horrible god abondoning them telling them to stop.

Question 4

Pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces

Answer 4

Personification of snowflakes as assassins to symbolise awful conditions,verb stealth used to show how it was a surprise just like the bombs,helpless to nature

Question 5

Our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us

Answer 5

Personification of nature being powerful and murderous.Also brains ache refrence how owen suffered shellshock.

Question 6

Half rhymes

Answer 6

reflects the unatural situation and lack of care shows how government doesnt care about rhe soldiers#