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Storm on the Island
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GCSE English Mind Map on Storm on the Island, created by Liam Theobald on 30/04/2018.
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Storm on the Island
"this wizened earth has never troubled us"
"wizened" means old and shrivelled
indicates how weather has battered and beaten the earth over time
weather symbolic of artilllery
"pummels"
"strafes"
creates semantic field of destruction and torment
"bombarded"
"exploding comfortably down on the cliffs"
oxymoron
sea is vicious but controlled
not threatening
"spits like a tame cat - turned savage."
simile
out of control, contradicts the oxymoron
enjambment expresses a sudden shock in behaviour of sea
"we sit tight while wind dives and strafes"
nature is superior to man, it must sit and watch helplessly
"a huge nothing"
Heany uses a paradox
nothing has no size
S and F sounds create hissing of wind
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