Defiant collective statement to
start- community and family
Revison- storm on
We are prepared: we build our houses squat, Personification: the str
buildings so they survi
the island
Sink walls in rock and roof them with good slate. they’ve been through t
Caesuras-make the reader
pause uncomfortable This wizened earth has never troubled us Enjambment-to show th
With hay, so, as you see, there are no stacks storm
The island seem barren,
nothing grows there Or stooks that can be lost. Nor are there trees Vivid imagery- nothing
theme of isolation as the trees are Which might prove company when it blows full
compared to “home company”– as if Blast: you know what I mean - leaves and
certain aspects of nature are comforting- “you know what I mean
emphasizes the loneliness of the island branches prounoun- “you” involv
creating us to reflect o
Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale of the storm
Violent verb-personification(means
So that you listen to the thing you fear
to punch) - describes the impact of Forgetting that it pummels your house too. Nature the storm
the storm oxymoron contrasts th
But there are no trees, no natural shelter. “exploding” the water
Theme of isolation- the storm has You might think that the sea is company, metaphor makes it sou
ruined them: there is no place of deadly
Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs
safety
But no: when it begins, the flung spray hits Imagery of the water s
Adverb: suggests it is stealth and sounds The very windows, spits like a tame cat aggressive vicious (per
worse as you can’t see it Turned savage. We just sit tight while wind dives Powerless daring storm
And strafes invisibly. Space is a salvo, to pass.
Shows they can’t escape. The
storm sounds like a fighter plane We are bombarded with the empty air. Sounds weak, and not
the power of nature is
Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear. throughout the poam.
Last time seems ironic, perhaps suggests that the ulitamate power of the storm is
that it is a unknown quantity . No one knows what the wind will do and what each
storm will bring
start- community and family
Revison- storm on
We are prepared: we build our houses squat, Personification: the str
buildings so they survi
the island
Sink walls in rock and roof them with good slate. they’ve been through t
Caesuras-make the reader
pause uncomfortable This wizened earth has never troubled us Enjambment-to show th
With hay, so, as you see, there are no stacks storm
The island seem barren,
nothing grows there Or stooks that can be lost. Nor are there trees Vivid imagery- nothing
theme of isolation as the trees are Which might prove company when it blows full
compared to “home company”– as if Blast: you know what I mean - leaves and
certain aspects of nature are comforting- “you know what I mean
emphasizes the loneliness of the island branches prounoun- “you” involv
creating us to reflect o
Can raise a tragic chorus in a gale of the storm
Violent verb-personification(means
So that you listen to the thing you fear
to punch) - describes the impact of Forgetting that it pummels your house too. Nature the storm
the storm oxymoron contrasts th
But there are no trees, no natural shelter. “exploding” the water
Theme of isolation- the storm has You might think that the sea is company, metaphor makes it sou
ruined them: there is no place of deadly
Exploding comfortably down on the cliffs
safety
But no: when it begins, the flung spray hits Imagery of the water s
Adverb: suggests it is stealth and sounds The very windows, spits like a tame cat aggressive vicious (per
worse as you can’t see it Turned savage. We just sit tight while wind dives Powerless daring storm
And strafes invisibly. Space is a salvo, to pass.
Shows they can’t escape. The
storm sounds like a fighter plane We are bombarded with the empty air. Sounds weak, and not
the power of nature is
Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear. throughout the poam.
Last time seems ironic, perhaps suggests that the ulitamate power of the storm is
that it is a unknown quantity . No one knows what the wind will do and what each
storm will bring
