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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

Research the country of Guyana using Google or Wikipedia.

Open a Word document and type three sentences to show how your research and the poem link.

For example: I found out that Guyana is in the Caribbean where the weather is very hot. This is why the poem describes "the sun surfacing defiantly from the east".

You have 15 minutes.

Information about the setting of the poem and the life of the poet is called the context.

Context can often help us understand the meaning of the poem.

Finish off your word document by explaining how the context has helped you to understand the poem.

When you have finished, send it to print!

The poet who wrote Island Man is called Grace Nichols.

Use Google and Wikipedia to research her life for 10 minutes. Can you link any of the events of her life to the poem 'Island Man'?

Write another sentence or two explaining the link. You have 10 minutes!

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

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