Tissue Flashcards
What is the big idea?
It is a metaphor for life and how delicate things hold so much importance
What is the significance of ‘fine slips’ and references to paper
paper acts as a metaphor for life and the way we live it. It shows how paper is so fragile but the mortice it holds
What is the significance of ‘might fly our lives like paper kites’
Suggests our lives are not always in our control, but been blown around in the wind. Childlike perspective
What is the significance of ‘see how easily they fall on a sigh’
Enjambent throughout shows time never stops and you can Never keep track pf things this is also reflected through the fast pace
What is the context?
In her other poems she values things that maybe seen as trivial
What poems does it compare to
Ozymandias - Both show lack of control over time
- War photographer
