Tissue Flashcards
“maps too.”
Short ,simple ,declarative sentence creates a blunt tone
“paid by credit cards/might fly our lives like paper kites”
Metaphor criticises the significance of money for people
“roads,railtracks”
Alliteration of harsh consonant highlights Dharkers distain to man made structures
“turned into your skin”
Final line left separate to make it clear to the listener that they are meant to consider the meaning of the poem to their life.
The structure
Free verse and enjambement
Human power quotes
“koran” “capitals and monoliths”
London Comparison(similarities)
London- Human power is presented to be a source of oppression and
suffering in London. Here the citizens are shown to suffer in “mind
forged manacles” whilst in tissue “borderlines” act as a symbol of
division and limitation
● Both poets are critical of material wealth and inequality which is
shown by the focus on “chartered” land in London whilst in Tissue,
Dharker shows how money is able to “fly our lives like paper
kites”
London comparison (differences)
In Blake’s poem, the narrator seems to accept the cyclical nature of
corruption, which is seen in the structure of the poem. In the final
stanza, the “Marks of weakness” referred to in the first stanza are
alluded to in the final line “blights with plagues”. Dharker
however, offers a solution to the problem of power to not let money
“fly our lives like paper kites”
Language
Extended metaphor- Tissue paper is used to liken surrounding objects to human life. “Maps too” shows how a
person can be like a map with many different countries and cultures contained within them
and no borders
