Context

• Author of "Island Man"

  Grace Nichols
• "Island Man"


  • Recalling his previous home in his mind.
  • Wishes he was somewhere else.
  • Tired of the boring, repetitive life he now lives.
  • The island was his paradise.
• Grace Nichols


  • Grew up in Guyana and then moved to England.
  • Experienced the difference between the two countries and she used to confuse the sound of the traffic with the sound of the sea.
  • She always wished to return to her home and felt like she belonged in two places at once.
• "Island Man" - Form


  Free verse - rising and falling of the tide.