exposure

Question 1

who wrote exposure

Answer 1

Wilfred Owen

Question 2

what is exposure about

Answer 2

-soldiers waiting in a trench scared as they may be attacked at any time
-cold is an aggressor and more of a threat than opposing side
-phycological effects of war
-passing of time

Question 3

what is it the power of?

Answer 3

nature

Question 4

what is the quote “our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knife us” about + methods

Answer 4

-personification- to create fear
-group experience- “our”
-intense suffering and brutality of war
-physical and phycological pain- emotional toil
-elevating weather to level of enemy force

Question 5

what is the quote “for love of god seems dying” about

Answer 5

-religious reference implies there is a lack of religiously imposed morality remaining in the situation-> highlighting cruelty
-losing belief in god

Question 6

what is the quote “all their eyes are ice” about + methods

Answer 6

-metaphor
-gone cold and soulless
-dead inside- overwhelmed by the weather- dehumanisation
-eyes are gateway to sounds- emotions are frozen solid-no longer capable of feeling

Question 7

what is the quote “but nothing happened” about + methods

Answer 7

-repetition at end of three stanzas
-breaks up rhyme scheme
-creates edge

Question 8

what could the title suggest

Answer 8

-exposing truth of war
-exposure of soldiers to weather/conditions
-exposure to enemy after dawn