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Exposure by Wilfred Owen: Context
- About the Poet
- Wilfred Owen was a soldier in WW1. However, he
died just a week before the armistice (Peace Agreement)
- He had to spend around 2 days
straight in the trenches. Which
is evident in his description of
the surroundings
- "We were marooned in a
frozen desert"
- "There was not a sign of
life on the horizon and a
thousand signs of death
- "The marvel is we did
not all die of cold"
- "We were marooned in a
frozen desert"
- Wilfred Owen was a soldier in WW1. However, he
died just a week before the armistice (Peace Agreement)
- About the Poem
- Gives a first hand
depiction of the life of
trench soldiers
- Set in WW1 (1914-18)
- At first it was thought the war would end swiftly. However both
sides then got locked into a stalemate.
- At first it was thought the war would end swiftly. However both
sides then got locked into a stalemate.
- The Soldiers spent a lot of
time in filthy trenches
- Both sides had trenches but rarely
exchanged fire
- Both sides had trenches but rarely
exchanged fire
- Many soldiers dies not of gunfire/ fighting
but from nature e.g Hypothermia, frostbite,
trench foot
- Gives a first hand
depiction of the life of
trench soldiers
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