Exposure (1917) (Edexcel GCSE English Literature): Flashcards
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Author of 'Exposure'
Author of 'Exposure'
Wilfred Owen
Year 'Exposure' written
Year 'Exposure' written
1917
Owen's role in WWI
Owen's role in WWI
Soldier and poet
Repeated phrase in 'Exposure'
Repeated phrase in 'Exposure'
But nothing happens
'But nothing happens' effect
'But nothing happens' effect
Emphasises futility & hopelessness
Wind personification line
Wind personification line
Merciless iced east winds that knive us
Wind personification effect
Wind personification effect
Brutality of nature as an enemy
Sibilance example
Sibilance example
Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence
Sibilance effect in poem
Sibilance effect in poem
Mimics sound of bullets cutting through air
Ice metaphor line
Ice metaphor line
All their eyes are ice
'Eyes are ice' meaning
'Eyes are ice' meaning
Emotional numbness & deathly stillness
God juxtaposition line
God juxtaposition line
For love of God seems dying
'Love of God dying' meaning
'Love of God dying' meaning
Loss of hope and faith
Regular stanzas effect
Regular stanzas effect
Monotonous & unending suffering
Pararhyme effect
Pararhyme effect
Creates unease & incompleteness