storm on the island

Question 1

“We are prepared:”

Answer 1

short sentence suggests a statement of confidence

plural pronoun suggests island community is united and all involved

Question 2

exploding comfortably

Answer 2

oxymoron denotes civil war, hatred of neighbours

Question 3

“spits like a tame cat turned savage”

Answer 3

simile, calm sea turns angry, savage

cat metaphor for reliogoius

Question 4

blast pummels exploding salvo bombarded strafes

Answer 4

semantic field of military language, gives an idea of civil war

Question 5

“empty air” and “huge nothing”

Answer 5

oxymoron , bigger than what really is (war)

we shouldn’t overthink life challenges

Question 6

“huge nothing that we fear”

Answer 6

stimulates the question. why are we fighting

small differences which are nothing we are still people

Question 7

form

Answer 7

blank verse, present tense suggests immediate concern
informal speech, tone is cynical
iambic pentameter