Exposure

Question 1

What themes are in exposure?

Answer 1

Power of nature
Effects of conflict
Reality of conflict
Loss and absence
Nihilism

Question 2

Quotes to show power of nature?

Answer 2

‘Merciless iced winds’ nature does not care about them. Constant personification of the weather, the weather has power over humans’ gusts tugging

‘Winds nonchalance’ nature does not care about humans ,

Question 3

Quotes to show the effects of conflict?

Answer 3

‘Our brains ache in the merciless east winds’ paranoia and thinking about what will happen is worse than it happening.’nothing happens’ shows this

Semantic field of depression ‘misery ‘ ‘agonies’ ‘melancholy’ emphasises the mental effects of war.

Seems to be dreaming ‘is that we are dying’ , and ‘god seems dying ‘ shows he has lost all hope , he has nothing else to live for.

Question 4

Quotes to show the reality of war?

Answer 4

’ nothing happens ‘ the waiting is worse than the fighting, as the ‘merciless iced east winds that knives us’ is just as bad

‘Poignant misery of dawn begins to grow’ dont sleep , thinking about what is going to happen

‘We cringe in holes’ he is dreaming ‘slowly are ghosts drag home’ he doenst want to go home as war has effected him so badly

‘Frost will fasten’ likely to freeze to death

‘Nothing happens ‘ shows nobody really cares

Question 5

Who wrote the poem?

Answer 5

Wilfred owen

Question 6

When was the poem written?

Answer 6

1917 he was fighting in WW1

Question 7

Form and structure of the poem?

Answer 7

• half rhymes to show the uncomfortable conditions , it isn’t a nice rhyme
• first person point of view gives read access to the thoughts of somebody with first hand experience
• metre is jarring and un pretty with 12-14 syllables per line, again owen is showing the unnatural situation and the antithesis of being civlised