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Island man

Island man. LO: To understand the relation between the poem and our own lives. Morning and island man wakes up to the sound of blue surf in his head the steady breaking and wombing wild seabirds and fishermen pushing out to sea the sun surfacing defiantly

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Island man

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  1. Island man LO: To understand the relation between the poem and our own lives

  2. Morning and island man wakes up to the sound of blue surf in his head the steady breaking and wombing wild seabirds and fishermen pushing out to sea the sun surfacing defiantly from the east of his small emerald island he always comes back groggily groggily Comes back to sands of a grey metallic soar to surge of wheels to dull North Circular roar muffling muffling his crumpled pillow waves island man heaves himself Another London day

  3. About the author • Grace Nichols was born in Guyana which is a country in the Caribbean • She immigrated to England at age 27 • She was thrust into a completely different culture and way of life • These changes are parallel to that of Island Man

  4. Structure and language • Free verse- No rhyme scheme • 5 stanzas • First three stanzas are depicting one setting while the last two are depicting another • Only last three stanzas rhyme- speaks to structure of says in London • Alliteration with “groggily, groggily” and “muffling, muffling” • A lot of imagery throughout

  5. Meaning and images • Cultural Identity • Separation from home • Difficulty of belonging to two cultures • All of above is relatable to our lives

  6. Effect on reader • ?

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