Techniques Heaney uses to emphasise irony in
Storm on the Island:

Putting "huge" and "nothing" next to each other. This highlights
how strange the situation is. Despite huge physical preparations,
ultimately it is only air that is frightening.

what is this technique?

Laugh and be merry, remember, better the world with a song,    better the world with a blow in the teeth of a wrong.    laugh, for the time is brief, a thread the length of a span.    laugh and be proud to belong to the old proud pageant of man. (laugh and be merry/john masefield/public domain) which of these is the main idea of the poem?

This excerpt is repeated several times. what effect does this repetition have on the epic

La 11 sem1 l 3.3.5 quiz: diary of a pioneer woman question 3 of 5 2 points what did some of the indians the frinks encountered do? o a. show the frinks a way across the river o b. threaten to kidnap margaret o c. take the frinks to their homes o d. strip the frinks' wagon submit