Exposure

• context

  • describes soldiers in the trenches
  • nature is the true enemy
  • war is futile
• themes

  • power of nature
  • effects of war
  • reality of war
• " our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knife us "
• " our brains ache in the merciless iced east winds that knife us "

  • mental turmoil / psychological impacts
  • relentless discomfort
  • 'exposed' to natures impact
  • violent / aggressive
  • monotonous
• " but nothing happens "
• " but nothing happens "

  • refrain / motif
  • war is a waiting game
  • war i futile
  • meaningless
• " all there eyes are ice "
• " all there eyes are ice "

  • vivid imagery
  • collective experience
  • metaphor
  • cold inside
  • war changes
  • have to become numb due to the violence they have seen
• comparisons

  • prelude
  • ozymandias
  • storm on the island
  • remains