Storm on the Island: Methods

Language: What does the use of the collective pronouns imply?

• That they are part of a community and share the same thoughts.

• That they think alone and are segragated.

• That there's 2 people talking.

• They get to visit each other.

Language: What tone do the adjectives and onomatopoeia used?

• aggressive and harsh

• happy

• informal

• religious

Language: What technique is used in the line ' We are bombarded by the empty air'

• foreshadowing

• alliteration

• sibilance

• oxymoron

Structure: In what line does the poem start to shift tone ?

• 'The sea is company'

• 'But no:'

• 'when it blows full

  Blast: you know what I mean -'

• 'We are prepared:'

Language: What is the storm a metaphor of?

• The war

• It isn’t a metaphor

• The people

• Ireland

Form: What is the effect of the poem not rhyming?

• It makes it difficult to study

• It makes it chaotic like the storm

• All of these

• It does rhyme

Language: What is the effect of the title?

• The storm on the “island” is a pun for Ireland, which is where it’s set.

• There is no “a” or “an” before the title, suggesting it could be about any storm on any island,

• It starts the extended metaphor that persists throughout the poem.

• All of these

Language: What does assonance mean?

• Repetition of sounds at the start of words.

• Repetition of sounds in the middle of words.

• A repeated consonant sound,

• A repeated s sound.

Form: What tone does the speaker have?

• A scared tone

• A friendly tone

• An angry tone

• A casual tone

Language: What technique is used in the line ' We are bombarded by the empty air'

• foreshadowing

• alliteration

• sibilance

• oxymoron