Exposure 0.0 / 5 ? EnglishPoetry AnthologyGCSEAQA Created by: krithika jCreated on: 13-10-21 20:37 Assonance - the long vowel sounds represent the soldiers' boredom. Our brains ache 1 of 10 Sibilance imitates the hissing wind. merciless iced east winds that knive us 2 of 10 Sibilance imitates the soldiers' whispers. silence, sentries whisper, curious, nervous 3 of 10 Personification to represent the frenzy of war. mad gusts tugging on the wire 4 of 10 Para-rhymes used ironically to contrast how the military should be regimented and strict. brambles...rumbles 5 of 10 Contradiction as dawn usually represents hope. The poignant misery of dawn 6 of 10 Personification implies they are also battling the weather. Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army 7 of 10 Sibilance imitates the aforementioned silence/whispers. Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence 8 of 10 Metaphor to imply they are being hunted like animals. We cringe in holes, back on forgotten dreams 9 of 10 Foreshadowing as many of the men will die as unknown soldiers. Owen himself, for example. Slowly our ghosts drag home 10 of 10
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