Question

What is the poets intentions in storm on the island?

Answer 1

The intentions of the author Seamus Heaney in Storm on the Island are to show that whatever it is that life may throw at us that we need to be prepared. The storms are used to show what happens in life and that life itself is not easy. Many powerful and harmful things can happen but if you are able to look within yourself and find strength then you can make it through life.