Storm On the Island

• Quote 1

  "Nor are there trees / which might prove company when it blows full blast."
• "Nor are there trees / which might prove company when it blows full blast."

  • emphasises community isolation
  • -> heightening their vulnerability
  • personification

  -> sense of

  +companionship

  +solidarity between trees and villagers

  -> nature and humans can work together

  • caesura- mimics eerie silence followed after a storm
• • "Blast"-> onomatopoeia, reveals:

  +potency

  +power of storm

  • capitalisation - reinforces storm's aggression
  • metaphorically- gunshots and explosions in conflict
  • symbolically- subtle reference to politically induced terrorism
• "blows" and "Blast"

  • bilabial plosive alliteration- nature is:

  +violent - attacking the island

  • sound resembles bullets- weather is a deadly weapon
• Quote 2

  'But no: when it begins, the flung spray hits The very windows, spits like a tame cat / Turned savage."
• "flung"

  • adjective- coneys:

  +carelessness

  -> lack of compassion towards islanders