An African Thunderstorm

Looming arrival of a fierce storm in Africa

Similes
 Like a plague of locusts (line 6)
 Like a madman chasing nothing (line 9)
 Like dark sinister wings (line 13)
 Clothes waved like tattered flags (line 27)
Personification
 Screams of delighted children toss and turn
Alliteration (main device)
 Clouds came hurrying in the wind\
 the wind whistles
 tossing on its tail
 toss and turn
 in the din of whirling wind
 the wind whirls
 smell and smoke
Theme
 man versus nature
 impending doom
Tone
 somber
 fear and anxiety
Mood
 Chaotic
 Anticipatory
 Omnious
Imagery
 Smell and smoke
  clothes wave like tattered flags
 on their backs dart about in and out
 tossing things on its tail
onomatopoeia
 the wind whistles
 screams
 rumble tremble and crack
metaphor
 trees bent let it pass- this signifies the power of authority in a nation
 Pregnant clouds ride stately
 pelting March of the storm
Present continuous tense all throughout
the thunderstorm signifies the people who went against countries independence
repetition
 the wind whirls or whirling winds
 trees bend to let it pass
symbolism
 flags
Allusion
 the fight for independence (being stripped of dignity or freedom represented
by the phrase dangling breasts)
 flags (patriotism or other countries flags)
 Fried smoke [guns]
 Bend to let it pass [power of authority]