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Verbal Questioning for Storm on the IslandWhat are the connotations relating to the individual words in the title? Why the repeated collective pronoun “We”? In the line “We build our houses squat” could this be reflected in the shape of the poem and is this a purposeful point? How does the : caesura in the first line create and impact? How do the Irish build their houses? What is the significance of this? What are they preparing for? Why the adjective “wizened”? What are the connotations of this? Why the enjambment between “never troubled us” and “With hay”? What does it show about the land that they live in? What cannot be lost? Why is this important? What does it suggest about the people that live there?What occupation do the people appear to have? (this would be implicit)Why is the land so barren? “No trees” – what does this tell you about the landscape? The phrase “which might prove company” implies that they are extremely isolated. Do you agree and why? Where is the house situated? How do you know? What ‘blow full Blast:”? What does this imply about the weather? Is the storm strong or weak?Where is the tone conversational? What does this mean for the reader? The imagery in “raise a tragic chorus” is beautiful, but also poignant. Would you agree with this and why? What is Heaney referencing in this line? How does this create an atmosphere? What atmosphere is created? What do they fear? Why is this ambiguous? What is pummelling the house? There is repetition of an idea in the poem, what is it? What is lacking in the landscape? How does this affect the way that the people live? Why does Heaney use “You might think”? How does it create doubt in the reader’s mind? What does making the “sea” “company” make you think and feel and why? What is the oxymoronic phrase “Exploding comfortably” doing? How does it juxtapose the reality? IF the sea is down on the cliffs – what does this suggest about where the house is located? Does this mean it is open to the elements or not? What is the “flung spray”? Where are the people? What does the simile “spits like a tame cat” show us about the danger inherent in where they live? Why has the “tame cat” “turned savage” and what does this show us about the area? Why are they “sit (ting) tight”? What does “salvo” make you think of? What does it mean? Is there a double meaning to this idea? Why is the wind described as “strafes”? Why “bombarded”?What does this make you think and feel? Is the storm overpowering?What does the adjective “empty” suggest in the phrase “empty air”? “We” is repeated. What does this show us about the importance of community?Why is it “Strange,” with the caesura? What is the “huge nothing” that Heaney talks about? What is it that we fear? Overall, what is Heaney suggesting about the Irish people? What have they learnt over the centuries? The poem is deceptively simple to understand. Do you agree? Summarise the meaning.What is Irish weather off the coast like? What do people do, in order to survive? Does this make the people special? Does this suggest they are hardy? Who works together to overcome adversity? Why do you think this? What happened in the history of Ireland that made people able to endure and overcome hardship? Do you think Heaney displays a pride in his Irish heritage, through the poem? Justify your response? What is stronger in the poem: humanity or nature? ................
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