Tissue Flashcards
1
Q
What is the context of Imtiaz Dharker’s ‘Tissue’?
A
- Written from the point of view of someone looking out at the conflict and troubles of modern world (wealth, terrorism, identity)
- Poem remarks how nothing is meant to last, should be willing to let things go and not hold on too tightly
2
Q
“lets the light shine through”
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- literal but also symbolic - suggests hope
3
Q
“smoothed and stroked and turned”
A
- tactile verbs
- treasured heirloom
- emotive connotations
4
Q
“fall away on a sigh”
A
- transient verbs, movement and change, delicacy, personified with “sigh” - shows changeable, move with the wind
5
Q
“fine slips from grocery shops”
A
- metaphor - familiar everyday image of groceries represents larger socio-economics and reliance on money and material wealth
6
Q
“structure never meant to last”
A
- metaphor for people/society
- omnious, can be allusion to horrors of war/terrorism
7
Q
“turned into your skin”
A
- direct address
- shored identity and ownership rather than conflicts with world
