English Poem Comparison Island Man

... Poem Comparison: 'Island Man' and 'Hurricane Hits England' I am going to compare both the poems and explain the differences and similarities between them. Both the poems are set in England, and the poet uses negative experiences that occur there to remind herself of her culture/home. The negative experiences in both poems are centralised around the element of weather, as in 'Island man' it focuses on the sound of London traffic: 'a grey metallic soar'; 'surge of wheels' which the poet portrays as the 'sound of blue surf' and in 'Hurricane hits England', the negative experience which reminded her of her home is a hurricane which hit, near where she moved, in England: 'It took a hurricane, to bring her closer'. Another similarity both poems share, are that they are both told in third person: this adds an element of distance to the poem; symbolising that the poet feels detached from her culture/home.

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