Exposure

Question 1

Form

Answer 1

Written in present tense using the first person plural Eg; “ our, we us “

• Collective voice shows shows how `the experience was shared by the soldier
• each stanza has a regular rhyme scheme
• Abab reflecting the monstrous nature of the men’s
• Rhyme scheme offers no comfort / satisfaction, rhymes are jagged
• Each stanza ends with a half line leaving a gap which mirrors the lack of activity or hope for the men

Question 2

Structure

Answer 2

8 stanzas

• no real progression
• Last stanza ends with the same words as the first one reflecting the monotony of life in the trenches

Question 3

Questions

Answer 3

-Poem uses rhetorical questions to ask why the men are exposed to such dreadful conditions

Question 4

Bleak langauge

Answer 4

-Includes bleak imagery
To remind the reader of the men’s pain
-Assonance onomatopoeia add to the bleak mood & male the description vivid & distressing

Question 5

Personification

Answer 5

-Nature is personified making it seem the real enemy in the war

Question 6

Feelings & attitudes

Answer 6

• Sufferings: Reminders of the real physical pain that the soldier experience as well as fatigue exhaustion
• Boredom: Sense of frustration at their situation they are “worried, watching “ but “nothing happens”
• Hopelessness: Soldiers are helpless against the power of nature