Storm on the Island
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- Storm on the Island
- Seamus Heaney
- Northern Irish
- Won a nobel prize for literature
- wrote about themes such as childhood, nature and his homeland
- worked on a farm with father as a child
- Structure & Form
- blank verse
- it’s compact and sturdy, like the "squat" houses
- First person plural “we”
- a collective, communal experience
- storm not happen at start
- builds tension
- enjambment emphasises tension
- builds tension
- monosyllabic words and repetition
- mirror simple life of islanders
- The title
- the first 8 letters of the title spell STORMONT. The name given to N.Irelands parliamentary buildings
- storm could represent the violent political disturbances at the time
- e.g protestants vs Catholics
- e.g Republicans want independance
- storm could represent the violent political disturbances at the time
- the first 8 letters of the title spell STORMONT. The name given to N.Irelands parliamentary buildings
- blank verse
- Violent Imagery
- Simile
- “spits like a tame cat turned savage”
- shows how familiar things become frightening during the storm
- “spits like a tame cat turned savage”
- War language
- “salvo” and “bombarded”
- usually used to describe war
- The wind is compared to a fighter plane attacking the island
- Nature is attacking the island
- “salvo” and “bombarded”
- Nature is a powerful, relentless force
- Simile
- Sounds
- Assonance of "i" sounds
- “it begins”, “spray hits”, “sit”
- Sibilance
- ”spits”, “savage” “space” and “salvo”
- together imitate the hissing and spitting of the sea.
- “it begins”, “spray hits”, “sit”
- together imitate the hissing and spitting of the sea.
- ”spits”, “savage” “space” and “salvo”
- Assonance of "i" sounds
- Fear
- Oxymoron
- “exploding comfortably”
- juxtaposes feelings of fear and safety
- “exploding comfortably”
- “It is a huge nothing that we fear”
- nature is an invisible abstract force - islanders can’t do anything to combat it
- Oxymoron
- Seamus Heaney
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