Storm on the Island Flashcards

All 9 cards in this deck

Who wrote ‘Storm on the Island’?

Seamus Heaney, in Death of a Naturalist (1966), his first collection.

Where was Seamus Heaney from?

Northern Ireland (County Derry). He won the Nobel Prize in 1995.

What is the form of ‘Storm on the Island’?

One stanza of 19 lines of blank verse.

Who is the speaker of ‘Storm on the Island’?

An islander, speaking for the community as “we”.

What do the islanders do to prepare in the first line of ‘Storm on the Island’?

“we build our houses squat”

Which extended metaphor describes the storm in ‘Storm on the Island’?

A military one: the wind attacks like an air raid.

Which paradox ends ‘Storm on the Island’?

“a huge nothing that we fear”

Which political pun is often read in the title ‘Storm on the Island’?

Stormont, the Northern Ireland parliament.

What are the main themes of ‘Storm on the Island’?

The power of nature, and fear.