Exposure - Wilfred Owen Flashcards
‘our’ ‘us’ ‘we’
repetition of collective pronouns create a sense of community, suggesting that the pain they face is collective
‘merciless iced east winds that knive us’
sibilance - menacing atmosphere
personificaion - depicting weather as the enemy
verb - ‘knive’ weather has intentions of malice and harm
pronoun - ‘us’ the weather does not spare pain for anyone
night is silent ……..
ellipsis adds tension replicating the waiting of the soliders
silence, sentries whisper, curios, nervous
caesura slows down the pace of the line, reflecting how the harsh weather conditions ares lowing the soldiers down
sentries
homophone word play as if its been going on for 100 years forever
‘but nothing happens’
refrain everyday is the same
‘mad gusts tugging on the wire’
personificaion - depicting weather as the enemy
verb tugging - violent, weathers lack of care
‘far off, like a dull rumour of some other war’
adjective ‘far off’ shows distance from the war, as if it is an out of body experience due to the numbing weather
dawn massing in the east her melancholy arm/ attacks
enjambment - never ending battle against bad weather
‘faces’ and ‘fusses’ ‘dazed’ and ‘dozed’
awkward rhyme shows he is in confusion
‘mad gusts tugging on the wire’
personification - depicting weather as the enemy
verb tugging - violent, weathers lack of care
‘but nothing happens’ (at the end)
cyclical structure shows loss of hope no progression , thing stay the same
‘all their eyes are ice’
grotesque imagery reflects bleak misery of war
Context:
WW1 weather was awful, Owen wanted to show the harsh reality of war to combat the propaganda that was being sent home
he had shell shock and was hospitalised
