Wilfred Owen: 'Exposure' - Mr Bruff Analysis

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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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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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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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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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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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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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'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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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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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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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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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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Sibilance of the the letter ess implies shivers or the nerves of the war and is unexpected like the horrors of war and adds to the disoriented nature of life in the battlefield.

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The sibilance could be interpreted as soldiers gathered around in small groups (linking to the amount of sibilance to the amount of soldiers ) and the ss sound created by sibilance could be the soldiers in the tension of the moment telling each other to hush as their tension builds furthermore adding to the fact the nothing happens, like in a game of hide and seek waiting to be caught the tension builds but then they walk past and nothing happens but the tension is still there and you tell each other to shh. Thank you by the way for this extremely helpful video.

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regarding sibilance: the words have an almost onomatopoeic effect, bringing to the audience the shivering and whispering in the trenches,

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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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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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About the Keats thing, you could reference this poem to a loss of identity and could you maybe say the contrast between Keat feeling numb from the beauty of the nightingale and Owen being literally numb from the cold shows how he’s lost his sense of self and what he loved by almost mocking the poem?

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Hello sir, could you please mark this: Man is often portrayed as being in conflict with nature. Explore the ways in which nature is portrayed as the enemy of man in 'Exposure' and one other poem from 'Power and Conflict'. [30 marks] The poem 'Exposure' was a protest poem written by Wilfred Owen about his experiences in the trenches of WW1. Despite the traditional wartime dangers of guns and bombs, the biggest enemy of man is presented as nature, which is viewed as more powerful and threatening. 'The Prelude' is an epic poem describing the moment the poet's view of nature changed when he encountered a large mountain as a young boy and realised the danger it posed to humanity. In 'Exposure', the threat created by nature was mainly physical, where as in 'The Prelude', it was mostly psychological. In 'Exposure', nature is first introduced as a threat in the first line- the 'merciless iced east winds' 'knive' the soldiers. This is a violent action, and as winds cannot have 'mercy', they are personified to reflect their cruetly and status as a direct enemy opposed to man rather than a neutral natural occurrence. First person plural pronouns such as 'Us' and 'our' to show that the impacts of the destructive power of nature are universal, and this creates a sense of comradeship among the soldiers. We could also assume that the enemy must be affected by such harsh weather conditions. Perhaps it would be better for everyone if the fighting ended. The opening phrase of the poem 'Our brains ache' is particularly significant - this was inspired by the start of a poem by John Keats 'My heart aches'. Keats was a Romantic poet, and this original line reflected how happy he was made by the beauty of nature. Owen read a lot of Keats' poetry during his early life, and he had initially believed that poems should focus on beauty, until after entering the trenches of WW1, he realised that poems must cover harsh and painful subjects, such as war. In contrast to the Romantic movement, which celebrates the beauty of nature, nature is seen as the common enemy of all of humanity in Exposure. In 'The Prelude', nature is initially presented as a friend of humanity. This is symbolised by the opening line 'One summer morning (led by her) I found'. This creates a very vivid (as he remembers one particular morning) and almost romantic image of nature. At this point in his life, Wordsworth clearly viewed man as equal to nature, rather than as being in conflict with it. However, it is implied that he had known the truth about man's inferiority all along, and had been subconsciously supressing it. 'Led by her' is placed in brackets, as though as an afterthought. He was being led and controlled by a personified version of nature, reflecting its dominance. Unlike in 'Exposure', he believes in the façade of his own power and is 'Proud of his skill' of being able to row the boat straight. The poem is split into roughly three sections - the first, at which he is in love with nature, the second, where he becomes terrified of nature, and the third, where he reflects philosophically on his encounter with nature. The entire poem is one long stanza, initially reflecting his enchantment with the natural world, but soon coming to suggest he is emotionally overwhelmed and unable to comprehend what he has witnessed. There is significant enjambment throughout the first section as he paints beautiful, pastel images of the 'glittering' 'moon' and the 'sparkling light' reflecting off of the water. Rather than enemy soldiers, the narrator believes the real threat is that which is posed by nature - the only force capable of causing man's extinction. In the fourth stanza 'Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence' uses sibilance. The soft sounds may suggest that the narrator is not afraid of enemy gunfire, and may even be welcoming death as an escape from the perpetual suffering and purposelessness of war. Malicious nature seems to kill more people in war than the enemy - cold air comes 'feeling for our faces' with 'fingering stealth'. This is deliberate, and the fricative alliteration emphasises the brutality and the relentlessness of such extreme weather conditions. The wind is seen as allied with the enemy as it 'Attacks' in 'shivering ranks of grey'. Grey was the colour of the German soldiers' uniforms. Dawn, which is supossed to symbolise light, hope and a new day, is not portrayed in the positive way it is in most poems (which directly rejects Romantic beliefs about nature) - it 'mass[es] in the east [its] melancholy army'. A fight against nature being hopeless due to the latter's immense power is again shown in the last stanza. The soldiers attempt to stay warm with a fire, but the flames burn like 'dark-red jewels'. Precious, but cold. In 'The Prelude', nature's effect on the narrator is mainly psychological. His thoughts are left tourmented for days after encountering such 'huge and mighty' forms of nature. The young boy is profoundly affected and left in a state of 'darkness', either 'solitude / Or blank desertion'. He now understands the unsafe position of humanity in the world, and realises how weak it is in contrast to the hugeness of nature. He does not fully describe what he now thinks of nature, rather what he cannot. There are 'no pleasant images of trees', and 'no colours of green fields'. The technique of polysyndeton is used as 'no' is repeated to describe what there is not. This creates a picture of a terrifyingly powerful nature, incomprehensible to humans due to the weaknesses of our minds. The strength of nature is 'unknown' to humans. This poem serves as a warning to not underestimate the power of the natural world. When the poet was young, he made the mistake of thinking he could challenge nature and dominate it. It is likely that William Wordsworth wanted people to remember their place in the world and understand their limited levels of power. In conclusion, both poems present fairly similar images of nature, both presenting nature as the greatest enemy of man rather than other humans. 'The Prelude' describes the poet's initial, romanticised views of nature, before he realised its sheer immensity. 'Exposure' presents nature as the ultimate killer of man in war - 'Shrivelling many hands' and causing people to freeze to death before 'bullets' can reach them. Nature is potrayed as a 'merciless' and 'mad' enemy, dangerous because it is not a human and has no control over itself.

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[@mrbruff]

+Sarah Cat thanks

[@staceysucksdick1911]

thankyou so much Mr bruff- this was so helpful and watching your videos has become a routine for me lol every night- I wonder which unseen poem will come up in this year's gcse exam- I have a feeling it'll be checking out me history because that's one of the hardest poems and they like to challenge us

[@owenazam2853]

Great vid. Really helpful man!

[@jessbaronowski805]

THANKYOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This has helped loads with my exam revision

[@mrbruff]

Great!

[@MinerzCastWill]

I can't remember if I heard it, but a contextual thing is that war was seen as something brave and heroic people take part in, but the title of this poem is used very well by Wilfred Owen as it exposes the actuality of war and how they are waiting and being so worried, it presents some sort of monotonous tone, it's boring, just like the soldiers felt boredom whilst waiting maybe 3 hours + just waiting for something to happen.

[@singingofpowerpower6465]

can someone help me on how owen has used personification and alliteration for the weather in the poem as I don't know how to answer this

[@connorturner9220]

sibilance-S-snake-evil-constant dull noise as well no high or low tone to create tension shows how long war is

[@roccoblock4481]

so we all here a day before the exam?

[@shiningnova584]

👋

[@bedroxzbass4706]

I am

[@mrbreadgd3473]

Help me

[@bleepbop3436]

​@@mrbreadgd3473lol

[@oliviaelliott1333]

Day before squad?

[@eloise1907]

we didn’t even start poems until after christmas of year 11 it’s now march and i don’t understand anything 🤦🏽‍♀️