storm on the island Flashcards
(19 cards)
who wrote storm on the island
seamus heaney
who is seamus Heaney
a northen island poet who wrote about landscape and rural life of Ireland
what did heaneys poems focus on
ancestry, identity and nature
what 3 part poem is it from
death of a naturalist
this focused on the aran islands
what are the Aran Islands
used as symbol of Irish culture
what is the perspective of the poem
dramatic monologue
what does the dramatic monolouge structure mean
its like a one way conversation like the islanders having no one to help them with the storm
what is the rhyme scheme
non consistent rhyme scheme
hat does the non consistent rhyme scheme reflect
how order cant be enforced upon nature, its omnipotent
what does the half rhyme reflect
the partial organisation that the humans try to create for the storm but then gets broken again by nature
how is cyclical structure shown
“houses squat / good slate” and “the empty air / huge nothing that we fear”
what does the cyclical structure do
connects apprehensive preparation preperation strom to fear of the storms damage at the end
what does the enjambment show
choas and never ending nature of the storm
why does heaney use colloquialism
its typical of irish speakers and incudes the reader so they experience the impacts of the storm too
what techique is “spilts like a tame cat turned savage”
simile
what does the simile “splits like a tame cat gone savage” show
oxymoronic and representitive of nature being unpredictable
how does heaney personify nature
“pummels”
what does heaney suggest about nature throughout
power of nature is unknown like god
what is the shift from and to in the poem
(volta)
from being optimistic to fear showing inability dor islanders to prepare for storm
