Question

Where does Heaney use half rhyme in 'Storm on the Island' and what could it show?

Accepted Answer

At the start:"We are prepared: we build our houses squat,Sink walls in rock and roof them with good slate"At the end:"We are bombarded by the empty air.Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear."- This use of half rhyme could show that they can never fully prepare for a storm- It also creates a cyclical effect (at the start and end) perhaps showing that the storm is inescapable.

Front	Where does Heaney use half rhyme in 'Storm on the Island' and what could it show?
Back	At the start: "We are prepared: we build our houses squat, Sink walls in rock and roof them with good slate" At the end: "We are bombarded by the empty air. Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear." - This use of half rhyme could show that they can never fully prepare for a storm - It also creates a cyclical effect (at the start and end) perhaps showing that the storm is inescapable.

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