Exposure Quotes Flashcards

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‘in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…’

A

nature is personified in a sinister way to create fear in the listener

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‘Wearied we’

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the use of alliteration here makes the phrase difficult to say, alluding to the difficulty of the soldiers lives

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‘Worries by silence, sentries whisper, curious, nervous’

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use of asyndetic listing creates a rushed, panicked pace and contrasts with the content of the poem

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‘Twitching agonies’

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uncomfortable image to hear

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5
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‘What are we doing here?’

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Rhetorical question implies that the speaker is questioning his motivation to fight

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‘Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence’

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use of sibilants and fricative here create a horrific image

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‘We turn back to our dying’

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the blunt passive statement shows the soldiers disillusionment with their cause

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‘For love of God seems dying’

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religious reference implies that there is a lack of religiously imposed morality remaining in the situation - highlighting the cruelty of it

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9
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‘But nothing happens’

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repetition at the end of each stanza implies that they wonder if this was the right choice

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