Exposure -context Flashcards
1
Q
Nothing happens
A
Short sentence
Final line of each stanza creates a chorus line effect and emphasizes soldiers experience
2
Q
Alliteration of soft sounds
A
I sound the impression of near silence and whispering
3
Q
The trenches - “cringe in holes “
“Grassier ditches “
“The wire “
A
No mans land
About evoking Owens experience
4
Q
Soldiers powerlessness
A
“Nothing” is killing them
Idea is paradox
The effect of repetition on the reader is wearying allowing us to extend sympathy to the soldiers predicament
