Storm on the Island Flashcards
Seamus Heaney
1
Q
‘We are bombarded…’
A
‘We are bombarded by the empty air. Strange, it is huge nothing that we fear.’
2
Q
‘Which might prove…’
A
‘Which might prove company when it blows full
Blast: you know what I mean’
3
Q
‘You might think…’
A
‘You might think that the sea is company,
Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs’
4
Q
‘But…’
A
‘But no:’
5
Q
‘The very window…’
A
‘The very windows, spits like a tame cat
Turned savage.’
6
Q
‘We just sit tight…’
A
‘We just sit tight while wind dives And strafes invisibly.’
7
Q
‘Space is…’
A
‘Space is a salvo’
