Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Storm on the Island
- An islander describes the community's preparations against the violent storms that revenge the island
- The poem is written in blank verse with the use of alliteration and half-rhyme
- The speaker speaks for a collective, or community
- The poem is written in the present tense - this reinforces that storms happen all the time
- "But no: when it begins, the flung spray hits"
- "But no" at the start of the line makes it extra emphatic
- "You might think that the sea is company"
- Emphasises the emptiness of the place
- the storm gathers pace as the poem develops
- "And strafes invisibly. Space is a salvo"
- "strafes" is to attack with continuous fire or bombs from an aircraft
- "Salvo" is a sudden discharge of guns in battles.
- "We are prepared: we build our houses squat"
- "We are prepared" - shows confidence, they are ready
- "Squat" - houses are dresigned, prepared
- "Exploding comfortably" - oxymoron
- Emotion - fear and darkness
- "We are bombarded by the empty air"
- Metaphor - there's nothing there