Island man

• Form throughout Island man?

  Free verse, lineation, enjambment
• What does enjambment represent in island man?

  gives a quality of freedom to the poem letting the reader of it flow through the poem easily
• What does freeverse represent in island man?


  “Island Man” is a free verse poem, meaning that it has no set meter. Instead, the poem is written in language that is varied in its music and rhythm. This absence of meter helps to convey the sensation of thoughts moving fluidly through the man's mind as he wakes up.
• What does lineation represent in island man?

  The lineation in island man reflects the movement of the sea going in and out
• ”sound of blue surf”

  1. waves crashing on beach - loves the sound and is recalling it in his mind
  2. sibilance- gentle tone calming idyllic place, soothing sound
  3. crystal clear
• Sound of blue surf in his head
• “sun surfacing”

  1. sibilance
  2. shows it’s a hot climate
• Sun surfacing defiantly
• “Small emerald island”

  1. metaphor- emeralds are rare showing that he sees the island as one of a kind
  2. treasured place
• Small emerald island
• Contrast between island and london

  1. comes back to sands
  2. to dull north circular roar
• ”to dull north circular roar”

  1. busy road in london
  2. rhyme alternate
  3. miserable
  4. polluted
• “his crumpled pillow waves”?

  1. doesn’t want to face reality
  2. repetitive life in London
• ”island man heaves himself”?

  1. aspirant
  2. doesn’t want to face reality
  3. would rather be on the island
  4. reluctant
• “Another London day”?

  1. Stand alone line - repetitive life in London
• To dull north circular roar
• Island man heaves himself