Tissue Flashcards
List all the techniques
FORM:
No regular rhythm or rhyme
1st person narrative - elusive voice
Short stanzas
STRUCTURE: Enjambment FLI LLI Main parts End stopped line Title Repetition Rhyme Short, blunt sentences with caesuras
LANGUAGE: Light imagery Architect imagery Religious references Simile Alliteration Contrasts Gentle verbs Consonance Senses Personification
Who wrote it?
Imtiaz Dharker
When was it written?
2006 - from her collection “The Terrorist at My Table”
Why was it written?
To emphasise how we need to cherish things and people around us, as they don’t last forever
What are the attitudes?
Looks at the power of paper and nature
Sees God as the architect making his designs
Recite your introduction sentence
Tissue, published by Imtiaz Dharker in her 2006 collection ‘The Terrorist at my Table’, which looks at how well we know the people around us, is about the power of paper and all things in our lives that - although they are temporary - we seem to unappreciative of their existence.
Recite your conclusion
Dharker was born in Pakistan, raised in Glasgow, and now lives in Britain and India. She often deals with the themes of identity, the role of women in a contemporary society, and the search for meaning; the main purpose of her poem was to emphasise how we should cherish and notice the importance of the world around us because ultimately it forms part of a bigger ongoing story.
Who was Dharker?
A contemporary poet born in Pakistan, raised in Glasgow, and now living in Britain and India - she draws on her multicultural experience in her work
She deals with the themes of identity, role of women in society and the search for meaning
What’s the poem about?
The themes of identity
The search for meaning
