Answer:
Storm on the IslandStorm on the Island
GCSE Literature Seamus HeaneyGCSE Literature Seamus Heaney
SeamusSeamus
HeaneyHeaney
Seamus Heaney was born in Northern
Ireland in 1939, the eldest of nine children.
His father was ...
Storm onStorm on
the Islandthe Island
The poem describes the experience of being in a
cliff top cottage on an island off ...
What’s going on?
Lines What Happens?
1 - 5 Heaney describes how the community
prepares for the storm
6 - 13
14 - 19
In thi...
What’s going on?
Lines What Happens?
1 - 5 Heaney describes how the community
prepares for the storm
6 - 13 There is a cha...
Structure
• Free verse (no rhyme) – The power and
freedom of the weather, in particular the
storm
• One stanza – The isola...
GlossaryGlossary
Match the vocabulary from the poem
with the correct definition:
wizened (line 3) bombard with
artillery s...
Explanation:
Answer:
Last, Colorado, Denver, Vail
Explanation:
Last year we went to Colorado and visited Denver, Vail, and two other cities.
Last is capitalized because it starts the sentence. The others are capitalized because they are proper nouns.
Answer:
C) I am writing to ask you to read one of stories at the town library's story hour for children.
Hopefulness is the answer
