Revision Guide

ImageryImagery is any words that create a picture in your

head. Blue surfSmall emerald islandThese words create images in your head due to

their describing words for example ‘ Blue surf ‘ and ‘Emerald island’.

Stanza• Stanza is a unit of lines in a poem. (You may

think of it as a verse)• In the 2nd stanza Grace Nichols talks more about

the people and the animals on the island, ‘wild seabirds

and fisherman pushing out to sea’By then carrying on to say that the ‘sun surfacing

defiantlyFrom the eastOf his small emerald island He always comes back groggily groggily’This implies that wherever island man is he will

always picture the sun rise over his emerald island in his head and the noises of wild seabirds and fishermen.

Rhyme• A repetition of identical or similar sounds

in two more different words.Of grey metallic soarTo surge of wheelsTo dull north circular roarThis makes it catchy and easy to remember.

The reader will find it is easy to read as it adds a rhythm to the poem.

This poem is like…

• Unrelated incidents by Tom LeonardThese poems are alike because they are

both about a person expressing their emotions to the life they have. Both poems are also about England in a bad way. Unrelated incidents uses a lot of rhyme and enjombent just like the Island man