What narrative point of view does the speaker mostly use in Storm on the Island?

• A. First-person singular.
• B. Second person.
• C. Third person narrator.
• D. First-person plural.

Answer: (D)

The main idea here is how the narrator speaks for a group. In Storm on the Island, the speaker uses a collective voice, repeatedly using we and our to describe what the islanders do together as they face the storm. This first-person plural perspective shows the experience as a shared one—lovingly, nervously, and resolutely communal—rather than the viewpoint of a single person.

Because the narration centers on what “we” do to prepare, brace, and endure, it isn’t told from a single eye (first-person singular), isn’t addressing the reader as “you” (second person), and isn’t filtered through an outside observer (third person). The use of we makes the poem feel like a community moment, stressing unity and collective endurance in the face of nature’s power.