Understanding the poem 'Storm on the Island'
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I can explain how Heaney presents the power of nature and ‘The Troubles’ of Northern Ireland in ‘Storm on the Island’.
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‘Storm on the Island’ can be read as a poem about the power of nature on the Aran Islands.
Heaney may have been influenced by the conflict between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland.
‘Storm on the Island’ was published in 1966, when the IRA were carrying out military operations in Northern Ireland.
The storm can be read as an extended metaphor for ‘The Troubles’.
'The Troubles' refers to a violent thirty-year civil conflict in Ireland which led to around 3,500 deaths.
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