Exposure Flashcards
1
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Context
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Thoughts and realities of war
2
Q
Structure 1
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ABBA rhyme scheme- showing the reparative nature of war
3
Q
Structure 2
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Rhymes aren’t full rhymes- showing that nothing is quite right about war
4
Q
Language 1
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Personification in the first stanza making the conditions seem like the enemy, reflecting the shocking environment the soldiers fought in
5
Q
Language 2
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In stanza 4 sibilance is used to represent the sons of bullets, how quick war happens but how long it feels to the soldiers
6
Q
Language 3
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Rhetorical question “is it that we are dying” - life and death seem to blur
