English Literature: Storm on the Island
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- Storm on the Island
- We are prepared: we build our houses squat
- emphatic opening line and caesura
- the poem opens with a strong statement
- emphasises the confidence and sense of security of the Islanders
- the use of caesura reinforced this
- it conveys the speaker's certainty that they are safely barricaded into their homes
- emphatic opening line and caesura
- You can listen to the thing you fear / Forgetting that it pummels your house too
- danger imagery
- Spits like a tame cat / Turned savage
- simile
- gives the impression that the storm is wild and uncontrollable
- reminds readers that something that seems innocent can be deadly
- We are bombarded by the empty air
- military metaphor
- 'bombarded' relates to air strikes
- Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear
- irony
- 'huge nothing that we fear' in the final line highlights how strange the situation is
- despite huge physical preparation, ultimately it is only air
- something that cannot be touched or seen that is frightening
- juxtaposition
- 'huge nothing' and 'rock' from the start of the poem seems even more menacing
- human preparation is not sufficient protection
- 'huge nothing' and 'rock' from the start of the poem seems even more menacing
- irony
- unpleasant and/or powerful experiences
- The Prelude
- Exposure
- London
- Remains
- Bayonet Charge
- power of nature vs power of humans
- The Prelude
- Exposure
- Tissue
- Seamus Heaney (1966)
- We are prepared: we build our houses squat
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