Island Man Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Context
A
Nichols was being in Guyana and moved to England in the 1960s
Therefore dreams about waking up away from England with no worries
2
Q
Ryme scheme
A
Irregular - no ryme
3
Q
Begging
A
One word line - Morning
Third person
Blue surf - sound imagery
4
Q
Middle
A
Wild seabirds - free
Irregular stanza form - odd stanza - groggily groggily - repetition connotes to laziness
5
Q
End
A
‘Comes back’ - shows they were maybe dreaming my about a different place?
Grey metallic roar
North circular roar
Back in the west - London - ‘dull’
Showing h to w author is back in big, grey dull London from the small exotic island.
Onomatopoeia and alliteration of:
Muffling muffling - shows reluctance to move and therefore negativeness towards London .
LONGI MY TO BE IN ISLAND - far away.
