storm on the island

Question 1

what does the use of direct address do?

Answer 1

creates intimacy with the reader

provokes fear in them as they are put in the victims shoes

Question 2

what effect does juxtaposition have in ‘exploding comfortably’

Answer 2

dangerous verb is foregrounded, shows how this negative idea has more power over the irish
OR
could show that society is disconnected with nature

Question 3

what effect does a hyperbole have

Answer 3

exaggerates, provokes more fear

Question 4

‘spits like a tame cat/ turned savage’ analysis

Answer 4

tame cat- original view on nature
turned- forced views
savage- changed views on nature

Question 5

why is the poem in one stanza

Answer 5

the community on the island s constantly prepared and ‘squat’ for a storm (attack). this shows that they have no freedom and is reflected in the structure.

Question 6

why did Seamus use nature as a metaphor for the conflict in Ireland

Answer 6

grew up on farm
man lost connection with nature
man became more powerful than mother nature

Question 7

quotes that link to war

Answer 7

bombarded by the empty air , space is a salvo

Question 8

s—- it is a h—– n——- that we f—-

Answer 8

strange it is a huge nothing that we fear