Tissue - Imtiaz Dharker✔ Flashcards
Example of the asyndetic listing and its effect?
“The height and weight, who died where and how, on which sepia date” - emphasises the significance of the Quran on humanity
Example of an alliteration and its effect?
‘Roads, rail tracks ‘ highlights Dharkers disdain towards these man-made structures emphasised with the hard ‘r’ sound
Example of a metaphor in the sixth stanza and its effect?
‘Might fly our lives like paper kites” - criticises the significance humanity places on money
Example of a metaphor in the eighth stanza and its effect?
‘Let the daylight break through capitals and monoliths’ - demonstrates the overwhelming power of daylight, something people can’t control
Significance of the final line?
Left separate to make it clear to the listeners that they are meant to consider the meaning of the poem in relation to their life
What is the form in the poem?
Irregular four-lined stanzas until the final stanza which stands alone with only one line - reflecting the sudden and supprissing change of emphasis from paper to skin
How do we get a sense of possible freedom through the structure?
Regularity of a fixed stanza length is undermined by the use of free verse and enjambment which show that freedom can be found even within a restrictive institution
How is ‘light’ used in the poem?
Used as a symbol of truth and enlightenment to show how the world should be viewed - ‘light’ enables us to ‘altar’ or change things in our lives and through its power we can understand the restrictions or ‘borderlines’ on the ‘maps’ of our lives
How is paper used as an extended metaphor?
Used as a metaphor for the power of humankind as well as the fragility of that power - poem explores where paper is used within our lives from the humble ‘fine slips’ of shopping receipts to the romance of ‘maps’ with their ‘rail tracks, mountain folds’ - yet these examples are fragile ‘paper is thinned by age or touching’ and can ‘easily….fall away on a sigh’
