Exsposure

Question 1

When was exposure written

Answer 1

1917-18

Question 2

What type of poem is exposure

Answer 2

A War poem

Question 3

What is the poem about ?

Answer 3

• Soldiers in the trenches of World War One who are awake at night, afraid of an enemy attack
• However, nature seems too be there main enemy - is is windy cold and snowy
• The men imagine returning home, but feel guilty as the only way they feel they can keep there families safe is by sacrificing themselves
• They return to thinking about there deaths

Question 4

How is the poem structured, what does this reflect

Answer 4

The poem is 8 stanzas, with no progression. This could reflect Owen’s attitude too the war and that there is no reason behind it.

Question 5

Give an example of the bleak language used in Exposure, what do they suggest?

Answer 5

GREY, SHIVERING SILENCE, DULL, AGONIES, GHOSTS, KNIVE, NERVOUS, WEARIED, DROOPING , DYING.
The bleak language used suggests a lack of hope in the war and gives imagery too the reader on the awful weather and effects of it on the soldiers

Question 6

What are the key themes in the poem

Answer 6

War, nature, loss and absence