Storm on the island

Who was the author of ‘Storm on the island’?

• Seamus Heaney

• Ted Hughes

• Robert Browning

• William Blake

How is the poem written ?

• In rhyming couplets

• In iambic pentameter

• With no rhyme scheme or structure

• In unrhymed iambic pentameter

What does the ‘Storm on the island ‘ give a voice to?

• People who are suffering from war and conflict in manners such as PTSD

• People who live in constant fear of the power of natural storms

• An individual who owns an island and is stranded

• Mother nature who wants to reclaim her land

The weather is described through a militaristic semantic field, what does that emphasise?

• To show nature’s brutality- how many lives nature has saved

• It’s political power - Heaney was a Northern Irish poet, so his motivation to write about politics is very likely

• The size and power - armies are big and strong so that must reflect that the storm is small

• The destructive power - nature is powerful and relentless in its attack

What is the landscape in the poem shown as?

• Bleak and dark

• Bright tropical island

• The is no landscape the poem is written about the inside of a mans mind

• Mysterious and pretty

What does the island suffer attacks from ?

• The military and the wars that surround the island

• The personified sea and weather

• Political government scams that stand to ruin the people of the island

• The underlying health problems

What is nature commonly portrayed as in poetry and does “Storm on the island” portray nature ?

• Nature is poetry especially in the romantic period is portrayed as beautiful , the poem “storm on the island” portrays nature in the same way

• Nature in poetry is known as a tyrant for its natural disasters however the “Storm on the island” shows nature as idyllic and beaut

• Nature in all poetry including “Storm on the island” is displayed as destructive

• Nature in poetry is often portrayed as idyllic and beautiful. “Storm on the Island,” presents it has dangerous and powerful