Exposure - Wilfred Owen

Question 1

What is this poem about?

Answer 1

Describes the weather to show no mercy to the soldiers that are fighting

Question 2

3 quotes from this poem?

Answer 2

• But nothing happens
• bullets streak the silence
• The air that shudders black with snow
• Our brains ache

Question 3

Structure?

Answer 3

Long - metaphor for the long and pointless of their lives
Imagery - lots of it
Sibilance

Question 4

What themes can Exposure explore? (4)

Answer 4

Power of nature-
Effects of Conflict-
Reality of Conflict-
Loss and Absence-