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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