exposure

• 1. poem emphasises futility of war, that men would wait to fight and prove bravery but men will die due to nature, not war
• 2. emphasis of poor conditions faced in war

  • "like a dull rumour of some other war"
  • "merciless iced east winds that knive us"
  • "snow-dazed" "sun-dozed" - disorientation
  • "waiting" "cringe"
• 3. emphasis on futility of war and rejection of propaganda

  • end of each stanza - "But nothing happens"
  • "it is that we are dying?" - fallacy of death being heroic
  • "on us the doors are closed"
  • "we lie out there; therefore are reborn"
  • "for love of God seems dying"
  • pararyhme
  • "half known faces"