Storm On The Island

Question 1

Storm on the island

This _________ earth has never ________ us

Answer 1

This wizened earth has never troubled us

Personification. Barren nothing grows. Old earth.

Question 2

Storm on the island

We are _________:

Answer 2

We are prepared:

Strong as if he is not writing about the storm but another experience. Feeling of safety. Compared to the last line.

Question 3

Storm on the island

_________ and ________
Can raise a _______ ______ in a gale

Answer 3

Leaves and branches
Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale

No trees shows that nature can’t help the people from them self s (the storm) (stormont). Oxymoron.

Question 4

Storm on the island

Spits like a _____ cat
Turned ________

Answer 4

Spits like a tame cat
Turned savage

Simile shows how familiar things can become frightening during the storm.

Question 5

Storm on the island

_________, it is a _____ ________ that we _____

Answer 5

Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear

Storm is invisible. Nothing solid. Contrast with the rock in like t2. Slate and the rocks they sink the walls in.