Wilfred Owen: 'Exposure' - Mr Bruff Analysis

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I clicked skip “but nothing happens” 😂

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[@lqlqlqlqlq]

Regarding your question about the tying together of sibilance ("Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence") and alliteration in "Pale flakes with fingering stealth come feeling for our faces": The sibilance of the 's' sound is a lot more harsh than the softer labiodental fricative 'f', which shows that while the bullets rush past suddenly and rapidly, the snowflakes' fall is gentle and evocatively beautiful but no less deadly. 6G English ye boiiiiiiiiiiii wut

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I've got several interpretations of the sibilance, mention them all and you're guaranteed the alternative interpretation marks: 1. Complex method to use: Shows the free time they have on the front, portrays the futility of war as its simply who can outlast the other 2. S's are often onomatopoeic of shivering: References the idea of the weather being dangerous and the main danger of the front; they're dying from exposure. 3. May be onomatopoeic of the winds and bullets 4. S's don't necessarily need to be read softly. They can make harsh sounds to portray the frustration of Owens. There's no reason why it can't be all of the above or other interpretations.

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Could the sibilance represent a ‘shhh’ sound representing how people didn’t want to hear the true horrors of war or is that too ambiguous?

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The paratactic language found in line 4 (Worried by silence, sentries whisper, curious, nervous) also accentuates the build up of tension- the soldiers are losing their cognitive ability and are omitting conjunctions due to their ‘aching’ brains

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I'd also say that the sibilance also reflects the "merciless winds that knife" the soldiers. The 's' sounds portray a vivid image of the wind and its attacking nature which has been criticised by Owen. The reader can sympathise with the shivering soldiers who believe they have nowhere to go, as even the nature's 'doors are closed', and in fact, nature uses its power in a rather assaultive manner.

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[@mokl27]

'S' is almost a sinister sound (like you said), so when Owen is talking about the bullets streaking the silence, it may be a sinister hiss in the background that adds to the evilness(?) of war. Bullets can also have a sort of hissing sound, and if they are hitting the snow, then that would probably make a hissing sound. The 'f' in flakes kind of accentuates the idea of the flakes being stealthy (for me). 'F' is quite silent and can be put in a sentence without really knowing it's there, so I think the using of that letter is very good in there since it is stealthy by just being itself. That's my analysis ^^

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For anyone who may be interested: 'silence, sentries, whisper, curious, nervous' the noticeable technique used is sibilance, which may be able to portray how much time was spent when thinking. The first two words 'silence, sentries may be interpreted to show that it was thought of quite fast as both words start with 's', creating that almost hissing sound, but as it carries on, it can be noticed that the next three words only contain that 's' sound within the word and not at the beginning, which may show how much free time and how much more thought was given as 'nothing happens'. Also, it may show each word's importance: 'silence' was the most important as the enemies could easily sneak up, it was worrying, but then it was 'sentries' which shows how human life was the 2nd most important thing on the list. Other inferences can be made regarding the other three words but that is the general idea.

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[@lottie6228]

I think the constant repetition of the word 'dying' in the refrains all throughout the poem reflect the fact that the soldiers are suffering a long, drawn-out death due to nature. Even when some soldiers do eventually die in the last verse, 'nothing happens' as a result - the soldiers' agonising deaths are shown to just be completely futile. We should be shocked by the fact that some soldiers have actually died, but by this point everyone has become so numbed by the harsh weather conditions that some actual human deaths are just something else amongst the normal suffering the soldiers see everyday - in fact, it's like 'nothing' has even happened...

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the sibilance emphasises the silence the soldiers face as they desperately wait for something to happen. It's very powerful as silence is obviously no noise but the poet makes the silence auditory

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[@harrisoncoalbran8551]

I was thinking the sibilance with the successive flights of bullets could represent the breathing patterns of the soldiers which reinforces the idea that they are nervous and continuously on edge, also the use of “the” could identify the intake of breath and tue slowing down of the hyperventilating soldiers

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Thank you so much: I've been listening to a number of these in preparation for my exam tomorrow, and you've provided such strong alternative arguments and interpretations, it is fantastic. In regards to sibilance with biblical context, could you argue that the hissing sound relates to the sound of the snake, and the subtle persuasion of nature to the soldiers, weakening them and almost taking away their religion?

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Just so y'all know: "all their eyes are ice" can be interpreted as the soldiers having become desensitised to the brutality of of death, and how nature (and war to that end) has taken them over and left them numb and cold, both figuratively and literally.

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Just wanted to give my personal take on the line “dawn massing east her melancholy army”. The noun “dawn” may link to ideas of happiness and warmth which may reflect the purpose of the soldiers fighting but also is presented to those oblivious to it’s harsh nature, criticising how it is seen as a positive, possibly divine, force. Just my thoughts, please reply to let me know your views 🙂

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23:55 i know this is a super old video but i just wanted to point out that this section of the bible actually kind of means the opposite. Jesus is saying that even though people may hear of conflict and may feel that it is a sign that the end of the world is approaching, that this is not the case and that the "the end is not yet". this could highlight how the war feels like an endless purgatory for the soldiers, in which they are neither able to return home nor given the relief of death.

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Can the sibilance reflect the striving of the wind. Also, the fact that sibilance reminds of the hissing of a snake, the wind can be seen to be personified as a threat to the soldiers??

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[@kronkite1530]

Sixth and seventh stanzas - as he/they doze off, half-dead, in the cold, minds drift back to happier times (note the warmth, eg. ‘glozed ’, the link to rich, warm colour) but fatalism returns; little belief in return, or survival. But ties, necessarily, with the next... that they believed the necessity of fighting the Germans to protect home, family, the previous (settled; ‘inevitable’, again!) order of things - that British Victorian/Edwardian (taught) belief in the position and rightness of the Nation (and Empire) - but now may have doubts, again picked up on and amplified more certainly by Hughes in Bayonet Charge, but not fully anti-war despite the context and the loaded, double-meaning of the title. But, especially, the loath etc. represents that fatalism; they are likely to die but are resigned to (their) fate as God has forsaken them (deliberate Biblical reference). That now seems to be their purpose, their raison d’etre. This, yet again , is mirrored by Hughes in that charging soldier’s sudden reflection on and questioning of his purpose and position in life & the universe, that he is a part of some bigger machinery whether God or nature, or - telling - the bidding of those in power.

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can you talk about Owen's other poems and other poems such as Keats in the exam? I don't want to waste my time doing so if it won't be credited

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