Seamus Heney talks about the Storm on the Island so vividly but since he tries to imply this to the life of human beings, it becomes hard to fully understand. Find out what exactly he meant and what were the storm and the island in the quiz below.
England
Wales
Ireland
Spain
Blank verse
Dramatic monologue
Rhyming couplets
Blank verse
Conversational tags
Dramatic monologue
Personification
Metaphor
Personification
Dramatic monologue
Enjambment
'Can raise a tragic chorus'
'you know what I mean'
'exploding comfortably down the cliff'
The very windows, spits like a tame cat
Personification
Metaphor
Enjambment
Use of short sentences
Exploding comfortably (line 13)
Blast:you know (line 7)
Turned savage (line 16)
Strafes invisibly
Air/fear (lines18-19)
Cat/dives (lines15-16)
Us/stacks (lines3-4)
""it has never troubled us"" (line 3)
There are no stacks/ or stooks that can be lost (lines 3-4)
Forgetting that it pummels your house too (line 10)
We just sit tight while the wind drives
"a tame cat / Turned savage"" (line 15)
'Exploding comfortably' (line 13)
'And strafes invisibly' (line 17
We are bombarded' (lines 18)
'Which might prove company when it blows full (line 6)
This wizened earth has never troubled us' (line 3)
Leaves and branches/Can raise a tragic gale (line 8)
'We just sit tight while the widn drives/and strafesinvisibly ( lines 16-17
The s and f sounds in dives and strafes invisibly
""leaves and branches...""
""a tame cat / Turned savage""
""rock and roof""
We just sit tight ( line 16)
We are prepared ( line 1)
This wizened earth has never troubled us ( line 3)
Blast: You know what I mean ( line 7)
We just sit tight ( line 16)
We are prepared ( line 1)
This wizened earth has never troubled us ( line 3)
Blast: You know what I mean ( line 7)
True
False
Exploding comfortably (line 13)
Turned savage ( line 16)
We are bombarded ( line 18)
Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear (line 19)
True
False
Caesura
Oxymoron
Plosive
Metaphor
One person speaking for a long period of time
A word that sounds like the thing/sound it is being used to describe
A short burst of sound made when you say a word containing the letters b,d,g,k, p or t
Repetition of 's' and 'h' sounds, e.g. sells seashells
An analogy or comparison implied by using an adverbial preposition such as like or as
The mood or feelings suggested by the way the writer writes. e.g. thoughtful, confident
A turning point in a poem, when the argument or tone changes dramatically
When an object stands for something else
Strafes invisibly ( line 17)
We are bombarded ( line 18)
Exploding comfortably ( line 13)
You can listen to the thing you fear ( line 9)
Assonant 'i' sounds
Personification
Caesura
Plosive
True
False
Peronification
Caesura
Oxymoron
Direct address
Proves not to be as dangerous as it sounded
Is not really a storm
Existed only in the minds of the villagers
Does not really happen
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