Tissue

Question 1

What does the poem explore?

Answer 1

-inspired by seeing that her father had written her name at the back of his Quaran
-the things that theoretically should hold most value in our lives are overpowered by the smaller things - things that appear insignificant are actually the most important

Question 2

What is the significance of ‘Koran’ instead of ‘Quaran’?

Answer 2

Shows identity confusion as she has used the anglicised version

Question 3

What is tissue an extended metaphor for?

Answer 3

Life, human skin,

Question 4

Give the quote about maps and its meaning?

Answer 4

-“maps too. The sun shines through their borderlines.”
-the man-made structures like borders are not as strong as nature

Question 5

What does the enjembment throughout the poem show?

Answer 5

Relentless passing of time and a consciousness of mortality

Question 6

Give 2 tactile lines?

Answer 6

-“Paper thinned by age or touching”
-“pages smoothed and stroked and turned”

Question 7

What is the significance of “where a hand has written the names”?

Answer 7

Juxtaposes something done on machinery (modern Norms) and is tactile

Question 8

Give a quote where transient verbs are used to show how life Is ever changing

Answer 8

“They fall away on a sigh, a shift in the direction of the wind”

Question 9

What is the significance of “fine slips from grocery shops”?

Answer 9

Grocery shops are a small intimate environment, we often throw away the receipt as it is a worthless representation of monetary wealth but here she is suggesting that this receipt is representative of human interaction so is precious

Question 10

what is the last line and why is it so significant?

Answer 10

-“turned into your skin”
-ownership and shared identity