Storm On The Island, Seamus Heaney Quotes

Question 1

What quote uses a semantic field of materials?

Answer 1

“Sink walls in rock and roof them with good slate”

Question 2

What quote uses personification to imply the Earth is stable at first?

Answer 2

“Wizened earth has never troubled us”

Question 3

What quote uses enjambment and a colon to emphasise the impacts of nature’s conflict?

Answer 3

“when it blows full
Blast:”

Question 4

What quote uses oxymoron to deliver the balance of peace and chaos nature brings?

Answer 4

“Exploding comfortably”