storm on the island

Question 1

“we are bombarded by the empty air”

Answer 1

bombarded means to attack so with the quotation it means the air is attacking them as if it was bombs.

Question 2

“it is a huge nothing that we fear”

Answer 2

within this quotation they cannot see what they fear so they don’t know what they are meant to fear or what to fear.

Question 3

structure of the poem

Answer 3

there is no proper structure to the poem which suggests the idea of it being all around the place

Question 4

the rhyme in “storm on the island”

Answer 4

there is no proper rhyme which shows that it is trying to be serious and tell us a story.

Question 5

the structure

Answer 5

the structure of the poem goes from:
the villagers preparing for the storm
the power of the storm
nature attacking them
the villagers fearing it.