poem storm on the island Flashcards
1
Q
overview
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Narrator starts off confident but as the storm hits the power of the storm creates feelings of fear
2
Q
structure
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nineteen lines of blank verse each line contains five beats
3
Q
quote that shows simile
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“spits like a tame cat turned savage” nature is not your friend
4
Q
quotes that show semantic field of army
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“wind dives” “strafes” “bombarded”
5
Q
quotes that show semantic field of aggression
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“blast” “pummels” “exploding”
6
Q
quotes that show semantic field of experience
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“squat” “wizened earth” “stacks”
7
Q
seamus heaney
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born in 1939
father was farmer
most poetry about the country and age 12 won a scholarship
8
Q
IRA
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illegal organisation formed by Catholics to rid army and government
9
Q
what is a volta and where is it
A
turning point
“But no : when it begins, the flung spray hits”
