Exposure quotes, form and structure

Question 1

Our ______ ache, in the ______ iced east ______ that ______ us….
______ we keep______ because the night is ______

Answer 1

Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us….
wearied we keep awake because the night is silent

Question 2

War ____, rain ____ and ____ sag

Answer 2

War lasts, rain soaks and clouds sag

Question 3

Pause over ____-____ faces. All their ____ are ____

But nothing ____

Answer 3

Pause over half-known faces. All their eyes are ice

But nothing happens

Question 4

Dawn _____ in the _____ her _____ army

Attacks _____ more on _____ r _____ of _____

Answer 4

Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army

Attacks once more on shivering ranks of grey

Question 5

Structure

Answer 5

each stanze starts with a blunt, powerful statement with lots of emotive language following. But each stanza ends with an anti-climactic line. This echoes the anti-climactic nature of the war ( due to the weather?) It reflects nothing happening.
Pararhyme- knive us/nervous - makes us unsettled ( like the effect of war)