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Who is Heaney?

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An Irish poet, playwright and translator
Focused on rural life and identity
Grew up during the ‘troubles’ he grew up in a rural isolated area
He was born in 1939 and died in 2013
It was publishes in his first poetry collection death of a naturalist

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What is the meaning behind the title of the poem?

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Stormont Ireland - metaphor for the storm that troubled Ireland.

3
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Why does Heaney use Iambic Pentameter?

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It shows how the government wants to control the IRA

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When was Storm on the Island published?

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1964 - this allowed him to attract attention of publication where he could later release death of a naturalist

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What was the main story line within death of a naturalist?

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It was about three different islands in Ireland called Aaron islands - storm on the island.

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What are some of the meanings of Storm on the Island?

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The power of nature - storm destroying a house

Metaphor of the conflict in Ireland

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“spits like a tame cat turned savage”

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the strom turns everything wild

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“it is a huge nothing that we fear”

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Oxymoron

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What happens with the language throughout the poem?

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He is confident in the first part that the houses can withstand the storm and throughout the poem he sounds more and more desperate.

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What is this poems link with the prelude?

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Its idea of the uncontrollable power of nature, the poems structure reflects the uncomfortable and uncontrollable aspect of nature.

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Why is the poem one long stanza with varying sentences?

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It prevents a lack of breathing space while reading making the tone more dramatic with the overwhelming reflection of the situation to show how it would be like in the storm

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Why is enjambment used?

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Constant barrage of information - barrage from the storm

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Why is informal chatty language used?

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Contrast between language of conflict and power and the language of everyday life is oxymoron - this is everyday life for the narrator.

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Why does the author use oxymoron’s?

Such as exploding comfortably.

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It shows how over time he has made sense of this way of life.

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What is the rhyme scheme within this poem?

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It contains very little rhyme, shows the lack of control, half rhyme is used in the opening and closing couplets - the stressed syllables of the end constanents rhyme bu the vowel sounds before them do not.

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Why is half rhyme used?

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This shows how only half rhyme can be used. The storm refuse to be controlled or organised - shows the chaos. Full rhyme is too perfect to reflect the nature of the storm.

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Why does the poem end and begin with half rhyme?

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It shows the in inescapable nature of the storm - cyclical structure , way of life for the narrator.

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What is the form of this poem?

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Can be seen as a dramatic monologue - shows the lack of voice, one sided voice - inequality reflects the imbalance between the speaker and nature.

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How are colons used within the poem?

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They are used to split the structure into three defined parts of the story
The build up
The storm
The aftermath