Exposure Flashcards
List all the techniques
FORM: Regular ABBAC rhyme scheme - half rhymes Irregular line length & rhythm 1st person plural narrative Half-line stanza endings
STRUCTURE: FLI LLI - repetition Ellipses in first stanza Caesuras Title
LANGUAGE: Personification Rhetorical questions Assonance Onomatopoeias Colourless adjectives Symbolism Religious references Metaphor Imagery Alliteration Emotions Sibilance Simile Repetition Contrasts
Who wrote it?
Wilfred Owen
When was it written?
1917-1918 in the trenches of WW1, not long before he was killed in battle
Why was it written?
To reveal his anger at the war’s waste of life and horrific conditions
What are the poets attitudes?
To be truthful
Exasperated at human race
Provocative - wants people to question everything they were told
Anti-patriotic
Who was Owen?
A 25 year old soldier in WW1
What is the poem about?
WW1 trench life and the lack of action
Recite your introduction sentence
Exposure, written by Wilfred Owen in 1917-1918 from the trenches of WW1, is about the WW1 trench life and reveals the lack of action the soldiers faced; it was written to reveal his anger at the war’s waste of life and horrific conditions.
Recite your conclusion
Owen was a 25 year old soldier in WW1, an exposure was actually written not long before he was killed in battle - hence justifying his idea of it being a waste of life. The poem greatly expresses exasperation in the human race, and is provocative and highly anti-patriotic due to the fact that he wanted the conditions and generality of war to improve, which it did as trench warfare is rarely used anymore.
What are the form techniques?
Regular ABBAC rhyme scheme = half rhymes = reflect the monotonous nature of the soldiers’ experience > scheme offers no comfort or satisfaction
