Exposure

Question 1

Exposure, mnemonic

Answer 1

BATFW

A = “All their eyes are ice”
T = “The merciless iced east wind that knive us”
W = “What are we doing here?”
F = “ flowing flakes that flock”
B =“But nothing happens”

Question 2

“All ____ ____ ___ ___”

Answer 2

“All their eyes are ice”

Question 3

“ the ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___”

Answer 3

“The merciless iced east wind that knive us”

Question 4

“But _______ _______”

Answer 4

“But nothing happens”

Question 5

“What ___ __ _____ ____”

Answer 5

“What are we doing here?”

Question 6

“ flowing _____ ____ _____”

Answer 6

“ flowing flakes that flock”

Question 7

“All ____ ____ ___ ___”, methods

Answer 7

“All their eyes are ice”

• metaphor refers to the eyes of the living and the dead men ( they’ve overpowered by nature)

Question 8

“ the ____ ___ ____ ____ ____ ____ ___”, methods

Answer 8

“The merciless iced east wind that knive us”

• nature is personified and seems to be attacking them

Question 9

“But _______ _______”, methods

Answer 9

“But nothing happens”

• the short half line emphasises their boredom and tension.
• repetition of it
• absence of change

Question 10

“What ___ __ _____ ____?”, methods

Answer 10

“What are we doing here?”

• rhetorical question asks what is the point of it all is

Question 11

“ flowing _____ ____ _____”, methods

Answer 11

“ flowing flakes that flock”

• alliteration emphasises the relentlessness of the snow

Question 12

Structure

Answer 12

• 8 stanzas
• poem starts and ends with the same words (message), absence of change

Question 13

Who wrote the poem?

Answer 13

Wilfred Owen

Question 14

Who was the writer?

Answer 14

Soldier

Question 15

Which war?

Answer 15

WW1

Question 16

How died?

Answer 16

Killed at the very end of the war

Question 17

ATWFB

Answer 17

A = “All their eyes are ice”
T = “The merciless iced east wind that knive us”
W = “What are we doing here?”
F = “ flowing flakes that flock”
B =“But nothing happens”