Exposure

• Who is the poet of "Exposure"?

  Wilfred Owen
• What did Owen aim to expose in "Exposure"?

  The brutal truth of trench warfare
• How many stanzas are in "Exposure"?

  8 stanzas
• What is the significance of the anti-climax “But nothing happens”?

  It reflects boredom and despair of soldiers
• What does pararhyme create in "Exposure"?

  Dissonance that reflects the poem's themes
• How does the cyclical structure of "Exposure" affect its meaning?

  It reflects the ongoing boredom and despair
• What does the personification in “Merciless iced east winds that knive us” convey?

  Nature as an enemy attacking the soldiers
• What does the sibilance in “Sudden successive flights of bullets” mimic?

  The sound of bullets in battle