Which line most clearly signals boredom in Exposure?

• A. Our brains ache, in the merciless iced east winds that knive us...
• B. But nothing happens.
• C. All their eyes are ice.
• D. The day passes with no relief.

Answer: (B)

In Exposure, boredom shows up most clearly when action simply isn’t happening and time seems to stall. That line cuts straight to the feeling of waiting without any change or event, which is the essence of boredom in this context. The poem often paints the harsh cold and the threat around the soldiers, and other lines emphasize pain or numbness, but they still imply danger or sensation. The direct statement that nothing happens foregrounds the sterility of their experience and the dragging of time, making it the strongest signal of boredom.