Storm on the Island
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"Storm on the Island" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that vividly depicts an isolated island community’s tense relationship with the power and violence of nature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Storm on the Island canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5439346 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Storm on the Island Context triple: [Death of a Naturalist, containsPoem, Storm on the Island]
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A.
Star Island
Star Island is an exclusive, man-made residential island in Miami Beach, Florida, known for its waterfront luxury mansions and celebrity residents.
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B.
Star Island
Star Island is one of the Isles of Shoals off the coasts of New Hampshire and Maine, known for its historic oceanfront conference center and scenic, rocky shoreline.
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C.
The Island
The Island is a 2005 science fiction thriller film directed by Michael Bay that explores themes of human cloning, identity, and corporate ethics.
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D.
The Island
The Island is a 1979 thriller novel by Peter Benchley that follows a journalist who uncovers a hidden community of modern-day pirates in the Caribbean.
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E.
Danger Island
Danger Island is a small, uninhabited coral island in the Chagos Archipelago of the central Indian Ocean, known for its rich marine life and protected status.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Storm on the Island Target entity description: "Storm on the Island" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that vividly depicts an isolated island community’s tense relationship with the power and violence of nature.
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A.
Star Island
Star Island is an exclusive, man-made residential island in Miami Beach, Florida, known for its waterfront luxury mansions and celebrity residents.
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B.
Star Island
Star Island is one of the Isles of Shoals off the coasts of New Hampshire and Maine, known for its historic oceanfront conference center and scenic, rocky shoreline.
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C.
The Island
The Island is a 2005 science fiction thriller film directed by Michael Bay that explores themes of human cloning, identity, and corporate ethics.
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D.
The Island
The Island is a 1979 thriller novel by Peter Benchley that follows a journalist who uncovers a hidden community of modern-day pirates in the Caribbean.
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E.
Danger Island
Danger Island is a small, uninhabited coral island in the Chagos Archipelago of the central Indian Ocean, known for its rich marine life and protected status.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
poem
ⓘ
work studied in schools ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| closingLine | “Strange, it is a huge nothing that we fear.” ⓘ |
| collection | Death of a Naturalist ⓘ |
| contrasts | human smallness with natural forces ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| examSyllabus |
AQA Power and Conflict cluster
ⓘ
GCSE English Literature ⓘ
linked to:
GCSE
|
| focusesOn | relationship between humans and environment ⓘ |
| form | blank verse ⓘ |
| genre | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| hasImageryOf |
rocky coastline
ⓘ
sea ⓘ wind ⓘ |
| imageryType |
maritime imagery
ⓘ
military imagery ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 19 ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
ⓘ
assonance ⓘ enjambment ⓘ imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ simile ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| meter | predominantly iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person plural ⓘ |
| openingLine | “We are prepared: we build our houses squat,” ⓘ |
| poet | Seamus Heaney ⓘ |
| portrays | islanders’ attempts to withstand storms ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| setting |
Atlantic coastline
ⓘ
remote island ⓘ |
| speaker | member of an island community ⓘ |
| structure | single stanza ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
island life
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storm ⓘ weather ⓘ |
| theme |
community
ⓘ
conflict between humans and nature ⓘ fear ⓘ human vulnerability ⓘ isolation ⓘ power of nature ⓘ violence of nature ⓘ |
| tone |
foreboding
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reflective ⓘ tense ⓘ |
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Subject: Storm on the Island Description of subject: "Storm on the Island" is a poem by Seamus Heaney that vividly depicts an isolated island community’s tense relationship with the power and violence of nature.
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