Tissue

Question 1

‘The height and weight, who died where and how, on which sepia date, pages smoothed’

Answer 1

Asyndetic listing is used here to emphasise the significance of the Korean on humanity

Question 2

‘Maps too’

Answer 2

This short, simple declarative sentence creates a blunt tone to the poem

Question 3

‘roads, railtracks’

Answer 3

Alliteration of a harsh consonant highlights Dharker’s disdain towards these man-made structures

Question 4

‘might fly our lives like paper kites’

Answer 4

This metaphor criticises the significance humanity places on money

Question 5

‘let the daylight break through capital and monoliths’

Answer 5

The metaphor demonstrates the overwhelming power of daylight - something people cants control

Question 6

‘living tissue’

Answer 6

There is a turning point here when it is revealed that the poem is in fact about living flesh

Question 7

‘turned into your skin’

Answer 7

The final line is left separate to make it clear to the listener that they are meant to consider the meaning of the poem in relation to their life