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Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence.

Explore how Wilfred Owen vividly portrays the harsh realities of front-line combat in his poem 'Exposure,' shedding light on the brutality of trench warfare during World War I. Discover Owen's use of metaphors, similes, and rhetorical questions to convey the intense experiences of soldiers facing sudden gunfire and gas attacks. Uncover the profound effect of war on Owen as he commands a platoon on the Somme, as detailed in this literary task. Source: British Library website.

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Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence.

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  1. Sudden successive flights of bullets streak the silence.

  2. Big Question How does Wilfred Owen portray front line combat in ‘Exposure’? Wilfred Owen The Somme Trench warfare

  3. Literacy Task Within to weeks of Wilfred Owens arrival at the Somme, he was comanding a platoon on the front line. In the midst of heavy gunfire he waded for miles through the trenches with the constant threat of gas atacks. The brutal reality of war had a profound affect on him; the poem ‘exposure’ provides specific details of this period. Source: British Library website

  4. Literacy Task Within two weeks of Wilfred Owen’s arrival at the Somme, he was commanding a platoon on the front line. In the midst of heavy gunfire, he waded for miles through the trenches with the constant threat of gas attacks. The brutal reality of war had a profound effect on him; the poem ‘Exposure’ provides specific details of this period. Source: British Library website

  5. Big Question How does Wilfred Owen portray front line combat in ‘Exposure’?

  6. Big Question How does Wilfred Owen portray front line combat in ‘Exposure’? • Adjective • Metaphor • Simile • Rhetorical question Owen provides a first-hand account of the brutal reality of front-line combat on the Western Front during World War I. In the first stanza, he uses the adjective ‘merciless’ to describe…

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