pre and storm Flashcards
What does the imagery of the ‘tame cat turned savage’ suggest about the sea?
it is unchangeable and unpredictable
What method does Wordsworth use to convey the boy’s fear of the mountain?
personification
What does Heaney compare the sea to, which suggests that it can be both tame and savage?
a cat
both poems explore ______
the power of nature, the dangers of nature, an emotional journey
What does Wordsworth describe the moonlight and water as?
which conveys???
‘glittering’ and ‘sparkling’
magical image of moonlight reflecting on the water
what does ‘nothing’ symbolise?
the islanders’ relief and reassurance
what battle-like imagery does Heaney use to describe the storm?
‘exploding…bombarded…pummels’
what happens to the boy’s dreams?
‘trouble to my dreams’
what do the islanders realise about the storm?
it was a ‘huge nothing’ that they all ‘feared’
how does Wordsworth personify the mountain?
as a creature that ‘unprepared its head’ and ‘strode’
what does the ‘huge’ expectations of the storm symbolise?
the islander’ fear and expectations
how does the boy feel after leaving the lake?
troubled by what he experienced
what does Wordsworth celebrate?
power of nature
what could the storm in the poem symbolise?
the conflict in Northern Ireland
how does the mountain appear?
like a terrifying creature
