Poems Exposure And Cotlb Flashcards
What 3 main points can you compare ?
- War is futile
- The effects of war on the soldiers
.3 the patriotic idea of war and nobility of death
What the effects of war in cotlb?
Brutal conditions faced by attack of war being outnumbered and constantly surrounded.
What is the effect of war in exposure?
The brutal condition the soldiers felt by nature whilst waiting for action
Quote suggesting outnumbered.
Subject terminology
Cannon
Tricolon or repetition
Quote : foreshadowing the tragedy of the soldiers.
Valley of death
Quote : constantly surrounded
To right of them…/to left of them…/behind them
Quote implying that nature is fighting the soldiers
Nature is the real enemy
Merciless iced east winds that knive us
Quote personifies nature to be dangerous .
Her melancholy army
How does exposure opposed the idea of patriotism ? (Quote )
Owen questions his place at war ‘what are we doing here’
How does the cotlb support the patriotic view and noble mitt of death?
The form in the poem is a Ballard which is typically to be sung remembering the soldiers bravery
Quote from both poems suggest war is futile.
- Theirs but to do and die
2 but nothing happens
