ISLAND SPELL

I am wrapped in a strange enchantment

caught in an island spell

snared by an - age - old magic

Of a love no words can tell

Not for me the far away places

Not for me the thirst to roam

The tug at my hungry heart - strings

Is the call of my islnd home

I am downed in her great , green waters

Burnt by her golden sun

Dazes by her starry heavens

When her purple dusks are done

I have drunk the wine of her moonlight

I have lain at her breast thro' the years

I have shared her joys and her laughter

I have bled with her sorrow's tears

I have lain on her yellow beaches

with my ear to a fragile shell 

And heard in its low sweet murmur

My wordless island spell

The Poet : 

        Wendy Whatmore was a Sri Lankan Poet . She served as ateacher of English.

Content : 

         In this Poem the Poet expresses her eternal love for her motherland, SriLanka.She says that she is attacted to her country as if by some magic spell.

                             "Snared by an age-old magic

                              of a love no words can tell" 

                              The poet is inspired by the beauty of the country.she further says that her love and fascination for the country is so great that she has no intention to leave the country in search of better lands.

                            "Not for me the far away places

                            Not for me the thirst to roam"

                      

                             These two lines remind us the statement made by pablo Neruda in his poem "The Lazy one".That is "I don't want to change my planet".

                               In order to portary her love for her "Island Home" in a romantic mood, she has used several metaphors.

                                    "snared by an age - old magic"

Techniques :

                Metaphors , personification

Rhyme pattern :

                     Regular rhyme pattern.The end word in the second line rhymes with end word in the last line.

                                                     Rhyming Words 

                                                       spell-tell

                                                       roam-home

                                                       sun-done

                                                       years-tears

                                                       shell-spell