Storm On The Island Flashcards
Nomenclature
Stormont - Irish Parliament
“S____ like a t____ c____ t_____ed s_____”
Spits like a tame cat turned savage
Zoomorphism
Duality of nature - appears beautiful, is anything but.
Alliterative “T” - water hitting houses
How is Storm on the Island metaphorical, structurally?
One solid stanza, densely packed community
What effect does blank verse have?
Makes the storm seem commonplace
“S_____/S_____”
Squat, slate
Slant rhyme, not satisfactory. Unsettling
Volta in line 14?
“You might think the sea is company(..) But No” - Cuts off the optimism of the island inhabitants
Which words have militant connotations?
Salvo, strafes, pummels, exploded
What effect does enjambment have?
Flowing - The poem doesn’t end, neither does the incessant storm
What effect does colloquial language have? which other poem has this?
“You _______ what i ______”
“You know what i mean”
Conversational, introduces the idea that the island inhabitants feel isolated.
Similar to exposure
“It’s a ______ _____ that we _____”
“It’s a Huge nothing that we fear”
Uncertainty
“We ____ P_______”
We are prepared
- Self Assurance
What sections is storm on the island split into?
Confidence,
Violence
Fear
“We are ______ by e_____ air”
We are bombarded by empty air
Plosive B
Militant imagery
“____ no”
“But NO”
Volta in line 14
Monosyallabalic
Debilitated by war
