!Storm on the Island Flashcards
Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney is about the power of … affecting the inhabitants of the island.
Nature
Heaney uses the metaphor… to show how much damage the winds can really cause.
“leaves and branches can raise a tragic chorus in a gale,”
Heaney uses alliteration in the quote… as the “f” sound creates a sinister image of the storm.
“So that you can live in fear forgetting that it pummels your house too.”
Storm on the Island has a quote that shows that nature isn’t protecting the humans on the island - nature is in control and is making life hell down there…
“No natural shelter,”
Heaney has a clever use of a simile in the quote… to show that the sea can suddenly turn dangerous in a storm.
“Like a tame cat turned savage,”
Heaney uses a oxymoron in the quote… to suggest that the wind is invisible, so it shouldn’t be feared, but is due to the raging storm.
“Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear.”
Storm on the Island is a poem about the power of nature, so it can link to Ozymandias and The Prelude.
Storm on the Island is a poem about the power of nature, so it can link to Ozymandias and The Prelude.
