Exposure

• The poem "Exposure" by Owen is mentioned as a reference for understanding war
• The poem "Exposure" describes the misery of war in harsh conditions
• Wilfred Owen: 'Personification of the weather described as ‘merciless’ and attacking them'
• Wilfred Owen: '‘knife us’ this is unexpected as we expect the fight to be between soldiers'
• Sibilance


  The hissing s sound captures the noise of wind, sounding both lonely and biting
• The poem defies the convention of war and looks at the weather assaulting the soldiers, not another army, to highlight the unknown horrors of war to people at home
• The poet uses repetition and a consistent structure to create the static tone of the poem, adding to the tone of despair
• Alliteration in the poem

  Emphasises the atmosphere and the sound of weather
• Alliteration in the poem

  Emphasises the atmosphere and the sound of weather
• The poem talks about soldiers suffering in bad weather
• The poet feels sadness and helplessness that these men are without hope and nothing is changing
• Alliteration in the poem

  Used to make it drag out and help imagine the weather conditions
• Wilfred Owen was a soldier and officer in World War 1
• Wilfred Owen saw the full horror of conditions on the front line during his time in World War 1
• Wilfred Owen wrote a number of poems about the conditions of World War 1, published after the war with the help from fellow poet Siegfried Sassoon
• The war during Wilfred Owen's time was often criticised for a huge loss of life for very little gain
• During the Somme, over 60,000 British soldiers died in one day, and in total they only gained 6 miles by the end of the war
• Wilfred Owen's poems were often angry about the conditions soldiers had to live with in order to fight
• Wilfred Owen's poems tried to show the truth of conditions to people back home
• Wilfred Owen was not against fighting, but was angry about the conditions soldiers had to endure
• Exposure: Owen describes the weather as an attacking army with regular personification, showing man at war with nature and losing