Exposure

Question 1

But nithing happens

Answer 1

Repetition of but nothing happens throughout the poem gives the readers a sense of boredom and also shows the pointlessness of war

Question 2

Our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knive us

Answer 2

The weather is personified to make it sound deadly which shows that the weather is more deadly that the opponents army
Sibilance highlights intensity of the pain

Question 3

Less deadly than air ththe air that shudders black with snow

Answer 3

Nature is presented as more deadly than bullets

The contrast of black and snow highlight the horror of the surroundings and how the weather is deadly

Question 4

Slowly our ghosts drag home

Answer 4

Suggests that war has sucked the life out of them and reminds readers that they are on the brink of death

Question 5

All their eyes are ice

Answer 5

Describes the extreme effects of weather that have overcome the soldiers
Shows the power of nature