Exposure Flashcards
Exposure, mnemonic
BATFW
A = “All their eyes are ice”
T = “The merciless iced east wind that knive us”
W = “What are we doing here?”
F = “ flowing flakes that flock”
B =“But nothing happens”
“All ____ ____ ___ ___”
“All their eyes are ice”
“ the ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___”
“The merciless iced east wind that knive us”
“But _______ _______”
“But nothing happens”
“What ___ __ _____ ____”
“What are we doing here?”
“ flowing _____ ____ _____”
“ flowing flakes that flock”
“All ____ ____ ___ ___”, methods
“All their eyes are ice”
- metaphor refers to the eyes of the living and the dead men ( they’ve overpowered by nature)
“ the ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___”, methods
“The merciless iced east wind that knive us”
- nature is personified and seems to be attacking them
“But _______ _______”, methods
“But nothing happens”
- the short half line emphasises their boredom and tension.
- repetition of it
- absence of change
“What ___ __ _____ ____?”, methods
“What are we doing here?”
- rhetorical question asks what is the point of it all is
“ flowing _____ ____ _____”, methods
“ flowing flakes that flock”
- alliteration emphasises the relentlessness of the snow
Structure
- 8 stanzas
- poem starts and ends with the same words (message), absence of change
Who wrote the poem?
Wilfred Owen
Who was the writer?
Soldier
Which war?
WW1
