Storm On The Island Flashcards
W A P
We are prepared - hubris, collective
S, G S, W I R
Squat, good slate, walls in rock - security and saftey, colloquial language, using nature.
W E
Wizened earth - barren, wise, infertile land
B F B
Blows full blast - plosive shows power
A T C
A tragic chorus - greek drama link, shown soleminity
L T T T Y F
Listen to the thing you fear - sensory, talks to reader
P
Pummels - agressive, power of wind
N T, N N S
No trees, no natural shelter - nature abandoning them, repetition of no
E C
Exploding comftorably - oxymoron of fear and saftey, power of storm
S H, S L, W W
Spray hits, spits like, while winds - I asconant sounds imitate sound of wind
S L A T C T S
Spits like a tame cat turned savage - nature is turning on them, they rely on it
S, S, B
Strafes, salvo, bombarded - war imagery, battle of nature
H N T W F
Huge nothing that we fear - fear is more powerful, storm does damage which may not be visible
Structure:
No rhyme scheme, conversational tone, person plural - sense of community, loads of monoslavic words, caesuras and enjambment shows attempts to hold back the storm, shifts from confidence to fear
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