Both poems showcase the dangers of war, however in COTLB this is through the bloodshed and violence whereas in Exposure this is the danger of nature.
‘the merciless iced east winds that knive us’ ‘Into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell’
-personi es the wind as an unsympathetic, cruel person, who is deliberately -personi cation used to compare the valley to a monster with the soldiers
attacking the soldiers. cannot escape from- they are doomed
-use of the words ‘knive us’ help the reader to vividly imagine that the wind is -reinforces the readers admiration of soldiers sacri ce and bravery
brutally cold and that it is creating a stabbing pain against the soldiers’ cheeks.
‘Cannon to right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon in front of
‘For G-d’s invisible spring our love is made afraid’ them’
-winter will eventually be displaced by spring which means real ghting has to -creates powerful imagery of the soldiers charging bravely and heroically, into
start enemy cannon re.
-presents power that nature has not just over the unbearable conditions in the -repetition of the word ‘cannon’ emphasises the danger the soldiers are in by
trenches but also over when ghting starts because the weather becomes demonstrating that the soldiers are surrounded by enemy gun re from all sides.
nicer.
Context
Context
-British soldiers are severely outnumbered compared to the Russians.
-uses these words as a re ection on his own experience and to reveal to
his readers the brutality of the weather conditions during the coldest winter -As the rst war to be reported in the news, many stories were raising criticism
months in the trenches in World War One. of the o cers in charge.
-As a soldier in the war himself, Owen wanted to make clear that soldiers -Tennyson wanted to ensure that the danger was clear to his readers so that his
are in danger because of the cold weather rather than from the re of the Victorian readers would recognise how brave the soldiers and o cers were.
enemy.
ffi
fifi fi fl fi fi fi ffi
fi fi
‘the merciless iced east winds that knive us’ ‘Into the jaws of death, into the mouth of hell’
-personi es the wind as an unsympathetic, cruel person, who is deliberately -personi cation used to compare the valley to a monster with the soldiers
attacking the soldiers. cannot escape from- they are doomed
-use of the words ‘knive us’ help the reader to vividly imagine that the wind is -reinforces the readers admiration of soldiers sacri ce and bravery
brutally cold and that it is creating a stabbing pain against the soldiers’ cheeks.
‘Cannon to right of them, cannon to the left of them, cannon in front of
‘For G-d’s invisible spring our love is made afraid’ them’
-winter will eventually be displaced by spring which means real ghting has to -creates powerful imagery of the soldiers charging bravely and heroically, into
start enemy cannon re.
-presents power that nature has not just over the unbearable conditions in the -repetition of the word ‘cannon’ emphasises the danger the soldiers are in by
trenches but also over when ghting starts because the weather becomes demonstrating that the soldiers are surrounded by enemy gun re from all sides.
nicer.
Context
Context
-British soldiers are severely outnumbered compared to the Russians.
-uses these words as a re ection on his own experience and to reveal to
his readers the brutality of the weather conditions during the coldest winter -As the rst war to be reported in the news, many stories were raising criticism
months in the trenches in World War One. of the o cers in charge.
-As a soldier in the war himself, Owen wanted to make clear that soldiers -Tennyson wanted to ensure that the danger was clear to his readers so that his
are in danger because of the cold weather rather than from the re of the Victorian readers would recognise how brave the soldiers and o cers were.
enemy.
ffi
fifi fi fl fi fi fi ffi
fi fi
