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Who wrote Tissue

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Imtiaz Dharker

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Imtiaz Dharker - context

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Written 5 collections of poetry dealing with themes of identity, the role of women in contemporary society and the search for meaning

‘Scottish Muslim Calvinist’ (how she describes herself)

Tissue is from her 2006 collection ‘Terrorist at my table’

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Tissue - summary

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Used as an extended metaphor for life
References things made by paper and their importance

In the fianl stanza she links ideas of buildings being made of paper to hyman tissue.
This could be suggesting:
The significance of human life will outlast the records we make of it

Human life is fragile and not everything will last

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Tissue Tones

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Reflection
Nature
Awe
Respect

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Tissue structure

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Unrhymed irregular stanzas could be suggesting the unpredictability and irregularity of life, and also links to the flimsiness of tissue

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Tissue Quotes

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