Wlfre Wilfred Owen Exposure Essay

‘Exposure’ by Wilfred Owen written in the winter of 1917 is based on the author’s experience of war and it demonstrates the affliction felt by World War 1 soldiers and their battle against the cold conditions and how it felt like to spend the night in trenches, when the war broke out the young author was working in France and decided to join the British army in 1915. Wilfred Owen composed most of his poems during the period of September 1917 to November 1918 his poems became famous after his death which occurred very close to the ending of WW1, only five poems were published during his lifetime. The representation of war in ‘Exposure’ is the loss and tragedy of war and the pain soldiers went through during their time in the trenches and how some soldiers did not come back home and overall that war is insignificant.
The author wants the reader to have a clear image of the immense chaos in war and show that war is not a good thing, he also wants the reader to become aware of the scenario that he was in and see what it was like to be in trenches and the misery a soldier had to go through. Wilfred Owen was trying to portray the insignificance of war and that its only purpose was to cause misery and death of innocent people. The meaning of the title ‘Exposure’ suggests the dangers that the soldiers went through by being exposed in the middle of the