exposure Flashcards

1
Q

who wrote it and what is it about

A

wilfred owen and about soldiers in ww1 waiting in a trench

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2
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what quotes personify nature and make it deadly

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“merciless winds that knive us”
“less deadly than the air that shudders”

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3
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who quote shows how disconected the soldier are

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“like a dull rumour of some other war”

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4
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how is it structured

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each stanza starts with a blunt and powerfull sentence then the tension rises with owen using emotive language such as “worried” and each stanza finishes with but nothing happens
anti climax

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5
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how else is the poem structured

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repeated 5 line stanzas

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6
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what quote shows the soldiers loss of hope

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“love of god seems dying”

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