Tissue Flashcards
Paper that lets the light shine through / this is what could alter things”
Light metaphor / religious imagery
The light could be a metaphor for God, this could be read as a comment on the power of religion to change things.
What was paid by credit card / might fly our lives like paper kites.”
Simile
Suggests how humans are dominated and controlled by money. Implies that humans have caused conflict by assigning significance to such things.
The marks / that rivers make, roads / rail tracks, mountain folds”
Listing
Highlights the idea that man is determined to control, dominate, and make sense of nature.
Pages smoothed and stroked and turned” “Paper that is thinned by age or touching”
Images of delicacy and touching
Implies that paper is particularly important and should be resourceful to everyone.
Shift” and “drift”
Language related to transience
Reminds the reader of the fragility of paper.
Paper smoothed and stroked and thinned to be transparent”
Repetition
Repetition of this line reinforces the idea that paper is fragile.
KEY COMPARISONS
Nature vs human power
Ozymandias Exposure
The Prelude
Storm on the Island
