(OLD) Exposure Flashcards
1
Q
The soldier’s suffering against the weather
A
Our brains ache, in the iced east winds that knife us
2
Q
Stanzas end on this to show the cyclical structure of how the poem shows the anxiety of the soldiers
A
But nothing happens
3
Q
Personification of the weather (snow) emphasises the brutality inflicted upon the soldiers.
A
Forgotten dreams, and stare - snow dazed
4
Q
The soldiers confined to the battlefield and mentally chained turning away from the beauty of life.
A
We turn back to our dying
5
Q
Only event to happen throughout the poem - yet made to seem normal and dull just like the rest.
A
Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence
