War Poetry Subset: Exposure - Creative Writing Tasks
English
Grade 7
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~20 mins
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A worksheet focused on Exposure by Wilfred Owen, engaging students in creative writing and analysis around themes of nature and environment within war poetry.
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War Poetry Subset: Exposure - Creative Writing Tasks
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Analysis of 'Exposure' by Wilfred Owen
Our brains ache, in the merciless iced winds that knife us,
Slip southward, and us melt, and do not remember
We lie in the frozen-dark, where the poppies blow
Between our feet, and our faces are dark with snow.
But nothing happens.
Suddenly the winter sun is blackening, and the wind
In the trenches turns to a bitter cry,
As the earth trembles in the ache of frozen grief—
The birds are silent, and the sky is a bleak grey.
In this bleak landscape, nature appears indifferent to human suffering, as ice, snow, and wind dominate the scene.
1.
Identify one literary technique used to depict the harshness of winter in this extract.
[2 marks]2.
Describe how nature is portrayed in the poem and what effect this has on the reader.
[4 marks]3.
What is the significance of the phrase 'nothing happens' in the context of the poem?
[2 marks]4.
Identify and explain an example of personification in the extract.
[2 marks]5.
Explain how the poet uses imagery to convey the sense of cold and bleakness.
[4 marks]6.
Identify one technique the poet uses to show the indifference of nature towards humans.
[2 marks]7.
Creative Task: Imagine you are in a battlefield where nature seems to ignore human suffering. Write a short poem (10 lines) describing the environment and your feelings.
[4 marks]8.
Create a vivid description of a natural scene that emphasizes its power and indifference, inspired by the poem.
[4 marks]9.
Reflect on how the environment in the poem impacts the soldiers’ experience. Write a short paragraph (3-4 sentences).
[2 marks]10.
Think about how you would depict nature’s power in a poem about current environmental issues. Write a 15-line poem that captures this idea.
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