Both Exposure and Remains focus on which central concern?

• A. The psychological impact of war on soldiers
• B. The tactical details of battles
• C. The economic costs of conflict
• D. The celebration of victory

Answer: (A)

Both Exposure and Remains focus on how war affects the minds of soldiers. In Exposure, the horror isn’t just the shelling but the unending wait, cold, and fear that numb the soldiers into a psychic state of fatigue and hopelessness; the poem uses nature and weather as a stand-in for the inner torment, showing how mental strain becomes the central enemy. In Remains, the narrator is haunted by memories of killing, the scene replaying in his head and the sense of guilt and moral injury that follows him home; it’s the psychological aftermath that stays with him long after the event. Together, these poems highlight internal struggle, memory, and trauma rather than external factors like battlefield tactics, economic costs, or triumphal celebration.