Compare and Contrast The Two Poems "Island Man" and "The Fringe Of The Sea"

The poem is written in free verse, offers no type of rhyme scheme, and in one long stanza. This contributes to

She also presents a slight rhythm to the reading that allows for smooth reading. In keeping with her open form, there is no set scheme to the rhyme pattern. However, there is a single ending sound constantly repeated without a set pattern throughout the work. She also connects pairs of lines at random just for the sake of making connections to make that particular stanza flow. At the same time, she chose blatantly not to rhyme in certain parts to catch the reader’s attention.

The poem also uses end rhyme to add a certain rhythm to the poem as a whole. And the scheme he employs: aabbc, aabd, aabbad. End rhyme, in this poem, serves to effectively pull the reader through to the end of the poem. By pairing it with lines restricted to eight syllables. The narrator creates an almost nursery-rhyme like rhythm. In his third stanza however, his last line, cutting short of eight syllables, stands with an emphatic four syllables. Again, in the last stanza, he utilizes the same technique for the last line of the poem. The narrator’s awareness of rhyme and syllable structure provides the perfect bone structure for his poem’s rhythm.

The mood of this poem is very soothing and is a sense of relaxation and security. Grace Nichols is showing that the island mans first home is the Caribbean. “the steady breaking and wombing.” The word “wombing” is a made up word by the writer. It has many associations but it makes us the readers imagine a place of comfort and security but more importantly a sense of home and belonging. The reason why this image is put in to the readers mind is because babies grow in the mothers’ womb, so we could say that the womb is everyone’s “first home”. The word ‘wombing’ can also mean his mother land.

The father’s dreams include a mix “...of desperation and worn threads,” (2). His father’s dreams resulted in, “...I am bedded upon soft green money” (5), while “...my father / who lives on a bed of anguish…” (7-8). Additionally, the narrator states, “You have heard the scream as the knife fell; / while I have slept…” (16-17). In both poems, one can recognize the appreciation for the parents and grandparents who left their home countries in hopes of reaching their ultimate dreams elsewhere. However, one can also recognize the different moods within the poems. For example, the narrator of Ellis Island shows feelings of distaste when discussing another voice that speaks to him regarding native lands taken away in the last stanza. In contrast, the narrator of Europe and America shows overwhelming gratitude for his father’s hardships throughout the poem. In brief, Joseph Bruchac’s Ellis Island and David Ignatow’s Europe and America both possess indistinguishable and varying components in regards to the American

The poem, “Po’ Boy Blues” uses rhyme in the fourth and sixth lines of each stanza.

The poem “Blessing” is about an unfortunate group of people who miraculously find clean water because of a pipe bursting. This is seen as a blessing because of the inadequate amount of water they get in addition to the hot weather conditions and constant droughts. Imtiaz Dharker sets the poem “Blessing” in a shanty town near Mumbai. She starts the poem with a powerful simile describing the state of these people whilst setting the scene. “The skin cracks like a pod”. The word “skin” could demote metaphorically to the earth. Immediately an image of drought and dry soil comes to mind. The phrase “cracks” highlights how hot the country is. This is effective because it allows the reader to envision the scene. The use of onomatopoeia exemplifies the noise of the ground exemplifies the noise of the ground. On the other hand the poem. “Island Man” is about a Caribbean man who one morning woke up in London. This anonymous character is used live in the Caribbean island but wakes up every morning to the sounds and blissful memories of the Caribbean. The Caribbean Scenario that he thinks he has woken up to contrasts harshly with the reality of his existence in London. The sentence “wakes up to sounds of blue surf” proves that Island Man sees the Caribbean as a calm and relaxing location however the poet describes London as a “grey metallic soar”. This usage of language is an illusion compared to the

The second and fourth line of every stanza rhymes, yet there’s no clear rhyme scheme.

Each poem that we have read is completely different from the last, but they each do not have the same meaning. I decided to compare the themes of the poems “Dover Beach” and “The Ruined Maid.” “Dover Beach” is about a couple looking at the water on the English Channel and what the sound waves bring the speaker to think about. “The Ruined Maid” is about two old friends, who used to work together, running into each other and speaking on how one of them has moved up in life, as some would say. These two poems may not be alike, but they both share the same theme of man and the nature world.

Starting from line three, the rhyme pattern incorporates every 3 lines, with the first and third rhyme while the second does not. However, an exception to that pattern is the rhyme of 1-3-5. As a result,

In each line of the first stanza, there are two groups of two syllables with the second syllable of each group being accented. In each stanza, the second and forth lines rhyme which allow a night of passion to be captured in just a few short words. The verbs are not as active as they

    The speaker uses the reader’s knowledge of the ocean to explain her own complexity. She is talking about herself in this poem and the way she feels. Shepherd discusses a number of heartbreaking emotions and experiences

Grace Nichols wrote 'Island Man' when she moved from Caribbean to England in 1977. In this poem 'Island Man’, Grace Nichols is writing about her experience of moving to London where she had to emigrate from her homeland in Caribbean. Island man the theme is the sea, which is referred to as the 'blue surf'. In an extract from Graces interview she reveals ''I feel I belong from Guyana because I speak their language and I have sprung from that background''. This shows that the poets feel culture is the centre of their identity.

This line indicates imagery of the first stanza – the speaker focuses on the sound of the waves and how it entwines with the rhythm of the poem.

(line 1) and ?light? (line 3) through sound instill an idea of chaos in the reader?s mind, how can light be present in something associated with dark such as night? There are also few cases of words that appear to rhyme due to similar letter arrangements. The meter is in chaos as the number of feet per line increases to a point then decreases and increases again throughout the stanza. Since the first stanza is the largest this process occurs more often in the first stanza than in any other. The meter also reminds the reader of the chaotic waves that will tamper with any tranquil beach scene. The beach is not a place the speaker can go to relax and enjoy his life with his loved one. Visually it appears to be such a place, but as he calls the reader and his loved one to the window we hear the sense of chaos he hears on the beach.