The predicate is the part of a sentence or clause that possesses a verb and expresses something about the subject. In this case, the subject is<em> the storm</em>, so the predicate communicates something about the it: that has been striking or hitting heavily and repeatedly since last night.
Fear, the constant companion of the peasant. Hunger, ever at hand to jog his elbow should he relax. Despair, ready to engulf him should he falter. Fear; fear of the dark future; fear of the sharpness of hunger; fear of the blackness of death.
