Exposure Flashcards
1
Q
‘But nothing happens’
A
Repetition at the end of the stanzas portray the poet’s view as war being pointless
2
Q
‘Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knife us’
A
Personification of the wind as killing the soldiers, verb ‘knife’ emphasises this.
3
Q
‘Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army’
A
Personification shows how the biggest threat to the soldiers is the weather.
4
Q
‘All their eyes are ice’
A
Metaphor showing the extreme effects of the weather on the soldiers.
