Storm on the Island (Seamus Heaney) for GCSE ~ Analysis worksheet

This is a useful resource for teaching Heaney’s ‘Storm on the Island’ for the AQA GCSE anthology Power and Conflict. This three-page worksheet deals with comprehending and understanding the poem, including a table to help students deconstruct key examples for their techniques and effects.

The focus of this worksheet is drawn from the topic Power and Conflict to prepare students for GCSE exams, however this resource is also suitable for teaching the poem in other jurisdictions.

The worksheet is included in both Word and PDF form to prevent any loss of formatting whilst allowing for modification to suit your needs, and a partial answer key is provided for the table with examples and techniques completed.

Check out these other GCSE Power and Conflict poetry resources:

• My Last Duchess (Fully resourced lesson sequence)
• The Prelude(Fully resourced lesson sequence)
• London(Fully resourced lesson sequence)
• Ozymandias(Fully resourced lesson sequence)
• Exposure (Comprehension worksheet)