poetry

• "we are prepared, we build out homes squat"


  SOTI

  • collective pronoun
  • sense of security, low to the ground and strong, constant ongoing battle between man and nature / gov.
• "spits like a tame cat/ turned savage"


  SOTI

  • simile - unpredictable, trained becomes unruly
  • enjambment - free flowing like the sea
  • so strong it spits up the cliffs, ricocheting.
  • sibilance - mirrors sound of weather
• "strange, it's a huge nothing we fear."


  SOTI

  • contrast from the start of the poem
  • oxymoron - fear is a paradox
  • conflict between the communities (hostility)
  • ambiguous ending
  • caesura- highlights natures power in contrast to mans
• "raise a tragic chorus in a gale"


  SOTI

  • personification of trees
  • greek tragedies
  • chorus is a collective of people, singing and making noise
  • chorus is a memorable part of the song and the main section
  • reminds me of the church choir - people are praying and root of the conflict.
• FORM / STRUCTURE OF SOTI

  SOTI

  • one stanza - stream of consciousness + lack of control
  • some 1/2 rhymes - nature only allows some control
  • free verse - no control
  • iambic pentameter - beats of the wind hitting the cliffs