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1
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What are four quotes from the poem?

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‘We are prepared’
‘Exploding comfortably’
‘strafes….bombarded’
‘spits like a huge tame cat Turned savage’

2
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What does the quote ‘We are prepared’ suggest?

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A strong opening that creates a feeling of safety, which disappears as you go through the poem

3
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What does the quotes ‘Exploding comfortably’ suggest?

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It’s on Oxymoron that juxtaposes the feelings of safety and fear

4
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What does the quote ‘strafes…..bombarded’ suggest?

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This language usually describes so it suggests that the wind is like a fighter pilot attacking the island

5
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what does the quote ‘spits like a huge tame Turned savage’ suggest?

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the simile shows how familiar things become frightening during the storm