Exposure Quotes Flashcards
‘in the merciless iced east winds that knive us…’
nature is personified in a sinister way to create fear in the listener
‘Wearied we’
the use of alliteration here makes the phrase difficult to say, alluding to the difficulty of the soldiers lives
‘Worries by silence, sentries whisper, curious, nervous’
use of asyndetic listing creates a rushed, panicked pace and contrasts with the content of the poem
‘Twitching agonies’
uncomfortable image to hear
‘What are we doing here?’
Rhetorical question implies that the speaker is questioning his motivation to fight
‘Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence’
use of sibilants and fricative here create a horrific image
‘We turn back to our dying’
the blunt passive statement shows the soldiers disillusionment with their cause
‘For love of God seems dying’
religious reference implies that there is a lack of religiously imposed morality remaining in the situation - highlighting the cruelty of it
‘But nothing happens’
repetition at the end of each stanza implies that they wonder if this was the right choice