exposure Flashcards
1
Q
give an example of a rhetorical question in the poem
A
“is it that we are dying?”
“what are we doing here?”
2
Q
give examples of the extended metaphor that takes place
A
“merciless, iced, east winds that knive us…”
“flights of bullets streak the silence”
3
Q
how do the soldiers show physical suffering
A
“like twitching agonies”
“shrivelling many hands, puckering foreheads crisp.”
“shivering ranks of grey”
4
Q
how do the soldiers show mental suffering
A
“confuse our memories of the salient…”
“what are we doing here?”
“back on forgotten dreams, and stare, snow- dazed.”
5
Q
what does the repetition of “but nothing happens” show throughout the poem
A
this presents the tedious nature of war and how its pointless
