Storm on the island- in the quote " We just sit tight while wind dives and strafes invisibly" how does that show a negative effect on the weather and nature and what devices are used to show this?

please can i get help because i am doing an assignment that is 'missing' and i dont know what to describe it as and what device is the quote using?

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:

it provides a unique and personal perspective on a significant historical event.