Tissue- Imtiaz Dharker
The Poem How to analyse language in poetry
Paper that lets the light shine through, this is what could alter things. Use PEARL
Paper thinned by age or touching.
Point- Opening sentence
The kind you find in well-used books, the back of the Koran, where a hand has
Evidence- Quotation
written in the names and histories, who was born to whom,
Analysis- Answers questions technical language and effect
The height and weight, who died where and how, on which sepia date, pages
smoothed and stroked and turned transparent with attention.
Reflection- Context/ Writers intentions
If buildings were paper, I might feel their drift, see how easily they fall away on a
Link- Also, moreover, furthermore
sigh, a shift, in the direction of the wind.
Maps too. The sun shines through their borderlines, the marks that rivers make,
roads, rail tracks, mountain folds,
Fine slips from grocery shops that say how much was sold and what was paid by
Target-How to analyse the writer's
credit card might fly our lives like paper kites. message.
An architect could use all this, place layer over layer, luminous script over The meaning of the poem is how nothing lasts forever
numbers over line, and never wish to build again with brick
-The structure of the poem is split into 7 stanzas.
Or block, but let the daylight break through capitals and monoliths, through the
-Different stanzas tell us different things e.g. stanza 3 and 4 tell us the way paper
shapes that pride can make, find a way to trace a grand design
records dates and history whereas stanza 5 talks about maps.
With living tissue, raise a structure never meant to last,
-Enjambment is used all the way through the poem throughout each stanza to
of paper smoothed and stroked and thinned to be transparent
connect the poem together
Turned into your skin
-The poem uses lots of metaphors to show how deep the meaning of the poem
is. "If a building was paper, I might feel there drift"- This shows how a strong
How the poet uses language to create building can be knocked down and destroyed by strong winds or a natural
disaster.
meaning
"Paper, that lets the light shine through" - Conveys how life is Quotes
fragile and delicate, compares life to thin paper that can be easily torn
"Might fly our lives like paper kites" - This simile hints at how our lives can
or damaged. . Effects to the reader is that nothing lasts forever.
be controlled by money
"Tissue" - This metaphor is used throughout the poem referring to the delicacy
" Layer over layer, luminous script over number over line" - The work of
of paper, but also to the "tissue" in human bodies. This illustrates how tissue in a
the poet mirrors the work of the architect- the poet, builds layers of words and
human can relate to the thickness of tissue paper. This tells us how nothing lasts
meanings, where an architect designs physical structures. The repetition of
forever and the damage done to a person can not be undone.
"over" reinforces the idea of layers.
"Drift", "Shift" - Rhyming these words plays on the idea of movement- they
appear on different places on the line as if they've been blown by the wind.
Structure Attitudes of the poem
There are 3 main parts of the poem, moving through ideas about history, human Control- The poem mentions different things that control human life- there are
experience and the creation of human life. The final, single line stands out and references to money, religion, nature, pride and governments
focuses the reader on their own identity and how its created Freedom- The speaker imagines a world that breaks free of some of these
restrictions where human constructions are less permanent and important.
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The Poem How to analyse language in poetry
Paper that lets the light shine through, this is what could alter things. Use PEARL
Paper thinned by age or touching.
Point- Opening sentence
The kind you find in well-used books, the back of the Koran, where a hand has
Evidence- Quotation
written in the names and histories, who was born to whom,
Analysis- Answers questions technical language and effect
The height and weight, who died where and how, on which sepia date, pages
smoothed and stroked and turned transparent with attention.
Reflection- Context/ Writers intentions
If buildings were paper, I might feel their drift, see how easily they fall away on a
Link- Also, moreover, furthermore
sigh, a shift, in the direction of the wind.
Maps too. The sun shines through their borderlines, the marks that rivers make,
roads, rail tracks, mountain folds,
Fine slips from grocery shops that say how much was sold and what was paid by
Target-How to analyse the writer's
credit card might fly our lives like paper kites. message.
An architect could use all this, place layer over layer, luminous script over The meaning of the poem is how nothing lasts forever
numbers over line, and never wish to build again with brick
-The structure of the poem is split into 7 stanzas.
Or block, but let the daylight break through capitals and monoliths, through the
-Different stanzas tell us different things e.g. stanza 3 and 4 tell us the way paper
shapes that pride can make, find a way to trace a grand design
records dates and history whereas stanza 5 talks about maps.
With living tissue, raise a structure never meant to last,
-Enjambment is used all the way through the poem throughout each stanza to
of paper smoothed and stroked and thinned to be transparent
connect the poem together
Turned into your skin
-The poem uses lots of metaphors to show how deep the meaning of the poem
is. "If a building was paper, I might feel there drift"- This shows how a strong
How the poet uses language to create building can be knocked down and destroyed by strong winds or a natural
disaster.
meaning
"Paper, that lets the light shine through" - Conveys how life is Quotes
fragile and delicate, compares life to thin paper that can be easily torn
"Might fly our lives like paper kites" - This simile hints at how our lives can
or damaged. . Effects to the reader is that nothing lasts forever.
be controlled by money
"Tissue" - This metaphor is used throughout the poem referring to the delicacy
" Layer over layer, luminous script over number over line" - The work of
of paper, but also to the "tissue" in human bodies. This illustrates how tissue in a
the poet mirrors the work of the architect- the poet, builds layers of words and
human can relate to the thickness of tissue paper. This tells us how nothing lasts
meanings, where an architect designs physical structures. The repetition of
forever and the damage done to a person can not be undone.
"over" reinforces the idea of layers.
"Drift", "Shift" - Rhyming these words plays on the idea of movement- they
appear on different places on the line as if they've been blown by the wind.
Structure Attitudes of the poem
There are 3 main parts of the poem, moving through ideas about history, human Control- The poem mentions different things that control human life- there are
experience and the creation of human life. The final, single line stands out and references to money, religion, nature, pride and governments
focuses the reader on their own identity and how its created Freedom- The speaker imagines a world that breaks free of some of these
restrictions where human constructions are less permanent and important.
Lean Canvas, created by LEANSTACK, is an adaptation of the Business Model Canvas and is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Un-ported License.
This template was created by Xtensio.
