Storm On The Island Flashcards
1
Q
Storm on the island by seamus heaney
A
Storm on the island is a poem about human kind and nature. Though people may build their protected communities to live in nature is so powerful that no community is safe from destruction. The poem then shows human kind as being in constant negotiation with its enviornment.
2
Q
“The very windows, spits like a tame cat”
A
Nature is fighting man
3
Q
“But there are no trees,no natural shelter”
A
Nothing to protect them from the storm nature is against them
