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Wilfred Owen - War poetry.  

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In Exposure Owen describes how cold it is. He says "the merciless iced east wind that knife us". This means that the wind is so cold it feels like that you are being stabbed at every gusted of wind. He also says that everyone is tired and hungry and it is hard to stay awake. The soldiers want to go home. They are just standing they doing nothing and they are wondering why they are here, as they are doing nothing. They think that the wind is worst them the German army, as the wind is hurting them and the Germans haven't. In "Exposure" he continuously says, but nothing happens, but something is happening and that is that they are dying from the cold. In "Dulce et Decrorum est" Owen uses two similes to describe the physical conditions of the soldiers. He says that they are "bent double like old beggars...

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