GCSE AQA English (Poetry) - Remains
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Wilfred Owen
metaphor, personification
Dawn massing in the east her melancholy army
sibilance, metaphor, personification
merciless iced east winds that knive us
sibilance, metaphor, oxymoron
bullets streak the silence / Less deadly than the air that shudders black with snow
enjambment, metaphor, visual imagery
glozed / With crusted dark-red jewels
refrain
But nothing happens
simile
like a dull rumour of some other war
emphasises repetitiveness of war and the long wait of the soldiers
quatrains + short line
demonstrates how Owen disapproves of war and portrays it as strange and incorrect
imperfect rhymes
war drags on, demonstrates how Owen disapproves of war and portrays it as strange and incorrect
long lines and inconsistent meter
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