Storm on the Island Flashcards
Storm on the Island in a nutshell
Describes a desolate island lived on by a group of skill individuals who must protect themselves from a storm.
What is the rhyme and rhythm like in storm on the island?
Unpredictable, like the nature of the storm
Opening statement, highlighting the confidence and sense of security of the islanders.
The use of caesura (break in the line) reinforces this because because it conveys the certainty that they are safe from the storm.
“We are prepared: we build our houses squat”
Semantic field of war.
Military metaphor.
Relates for air strikes, which is what the storm is being described as.
“We are bombarded by the empty air”
The storm is wild and uncontrollable.
Also reminds the reader that something that we THINK is innocent can be deadly, like the storm.
“Spite like a tame cat”
What does the cyclical structure represent?
the resilience of the islanders, as the storms come over and over and the island has to learn to live with them
2 themes of Storm on the Island?
Power of Nature
Conflict
2 poems to link this to?
Ozymandias
Prelude
