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Exposure (Structure (disrupts the rhythm of the poem which uses hexameters…
Exposure
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Context
Born in 1893 and died in 1918, one week from the end of world war I
poetry is characterised by powerful descriptions of the conditions faced by soldiers in the trenches
world war 1 is considered the first modern war and is remembered for its use of trench warfare and gas
was diagnosed with PTSD and met Siegfried Sassoon in hospital and returned to the war and was killed at 26 years old
Themes
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weather- freezing conditions are seen as being dangerous to the enemy. bullets are seen as less deadly than the cold
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Form
Cesurae used
Blend one thought into the next, the wandering mind of the dying soldier as his 'brain aches'
Lines quietly dying away as the poet dies, or they are being carried away by the 'merciless winds'
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