Analysis of Exposure by Wilfred Owen

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Analysis of Exposure by Wilfred Owen
  1. Vocabulary
    1. merciless - cruel
      1. poignant - sadness and strong feelings
        1. glozed - make excuses for
          1. burying party - those who bury the dead
            1. puckering - wrinkled, creased
              1. salient - area of France
                1. brambles - blackberry bush
                  1. incessantly - over and over
                    1. gunnery - a place where guns are
                    2. Interpretations of the poem
                      1. Being exposed to the extreme weather conditions is a different kind of suffering
                        1. Exposing the actuality of the war in the trenches
                          1. Perhaps Owen 'exposes' himself to public criticism, he is now against the war
                            1. Religion - is war because we don't love God, or because God does not love us?
                              1. God does not care if we die
                              2. The soldiers dream of home
                                1. Juxtaposition of trenches and images of British countryside
                                  1. They are more likely to die from the conditions than the enemy
                                2. Poetic techniques
                                  1. Assonance - brains ache
                                    1. Ellipsis ... - want us to ponder on the idea
                                      1. Personification - dawn is a cruel female
                                        1. Alliteration - flowing flakes that flock
                                          1. Sibilance - streak the silence
                                            1. Half-rhyme - drowse/doze leaves us dissatisfied reflects the idea that his idea of war is not what it should be
                                              1. Repetition
                                                1. Closed - not letting them into the warmth
                                                2. Rhetorical questions - 'What are we doing here?'
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