Structure

• Structure in exposure

  • First line of each stanza is very powerful
  • The lines following contain lots of emotive language
  • Each stanza ends with an anti climactic ‘But nothing happens’
• Rhyme Scheme in exposure

  • ABBAC
  • First 4 lines establish a rhyme pattern
  • Just for it to be broken in the final line
  • Reflects the building momentum and anticipation of war
• Rhyme scheme in exposure

  • Rhyme scheme stays the same throughout poem
  • Repetition and futility of war
  • Poem stays the same and so does the situation the soldiers are in
• Structure in exposure

  • Cyclical structure
  • Starts and ends with ‘But nothing happens’
  • Futility of war