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Poetry- Exposure ('Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army…
Poetry- Exposure
'Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army Attacks once more in ranks on shivering ranks of grey.'
Personification.
Dawn is usually associated with ideas of light and hope is here hostile and brings even more suffering.
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Military vocabulary.
'Ranks' is a military term and is repeated, reminding the reader that the weather is the soldiers' enemy.
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'All their eyes are ice'
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It also implies that the soldiers have lost their humanity and could suggest they are close to breaking.
'...But nothing happens'
The repetition of 'but nothing happens' throughout the poem gives the readers a sense of the boredom caused by waiting.
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'Slowly, our ghosts drag home'
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This metaphor suggests that war has sucked all the life out of the soldiers and further reminds readers that they are on the brink of death.