Storm on the Island Flashcards
Seamus Heaney (5 cards)
1
Q
“Listen to the thing you fear, forgetting that it pummels your house too.”
A
-Power of the weather is dominant of man
2
Q
“Exploding comfortably”
A
-Oxymoron creates discomfort
-False sense of security
3
Q
“We are bombarded by the empty air.”
A
-War imagery
-Under ceaseless attack
4
Q
“Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear.”
A
-Fear of the unknown
-Oxymoron
-Fear can be restricting
5
Q
Overall themes
A
-Metaphor for The Troubles in Ireland
-Man vs nature
-Fear of the unknown
