Storm on the lsland

• "We are prepared :we build our houses squat"


  Emphatic opening line and caesura

  This emphasises the confidence and sense of sucurity of the lslanders

  Reinforces this because it conveys the speaker's certainly as well as the sense that they are safely barricaded in their homes
• "You can listen to the things you fear"

  Danger imagery
• 'Spits a tame cat or turned savage'


  Simile

  This gives the impression that the storm is wild and uncontrollable

  It also reminds readers that something that seems innocent can be deadly
• "We are bombardes by the empty air " 


  Military metaphor

  "Bombarded" relates to air strikes
• "Strange it is huge nothing that we fear "


  Juxtaposition highlights how strange the situation is .Despite huge phsical preparations ultimately it only air ,something that cannot even be seen or touched that is frightening
• "Huge nothing and rock "


  At the start of the poem makes the storm seem even more menacing because human preparationis not sufficient protection