The poem is structured as a series of eight stanzas of five lines. The last line of each stanza is noticeably shorter and indented which emphasises its importance. It is also part of the more general disruption of the rhythmic structure which uses hexameters as its basis.

Does exposure have a rhyme scheme?

The first four lines of each stanza follow the rhyming pattern of abba. This regularity emphasises the unchanging nature of daily life in the trenches.

How is exposure written?

The Structure of Exposure

The poem is written with a collective voice ('our', 'we', 'us') showing that this feeling of helplessness is shared by all the soldiers. The poem is in present tense, making the suffering seem simultaneous with our reading.