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Gcse Poetry - Tissues
A worksheet on the poem `Tissues` from the GCSE Poetry Anthology
Date : 11/07/2021
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Uploaded by : Helena
Uploaded on : 11/07/2021
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Tissues Context She draws on her multi-culturalism in her poetry, eg Koran Written by Pakistan-born British poet The poem is from her poetry collection called `The terrorist at my table` The Koran, Buildings, Maps and Grocery Slips are all symbols of wider issues in the world, notably religion, structures of power Summary The poem is a meditation about the nature of the world and life itself. It uses the extended metaphor of tissue and paper to explore the nature of humanity and issues of the modern world. What does the word meditation mean?What is an extended metaphor? Themes Human Power and FragilityDeathMemory What other themes would you add? What areas of comparison might you immediately think of? Add these below.
War PhotographerTransience of life, eg all flesh is grass OzymandiasHuman Power and its loss ___________________________ Before Reading After we read, I`m going to ask you to describe the appearance and shape of the poem. Pay attention to the poem`s form and any structural features that you notice. Let`s read. " v:shapes="Text_x0020_Box_x0020_2'gt;Structure
Structural and Language Analysis: It is essential that you are always thinking about how structure and language relate to one another. Think about how structural techniques support linguistic ones and vica versa. Some key words that are essential for our analysis of this poem include: BinaryComplexityTransience the kind you find in well-used books,the back of the Koran, where a handhas written [...] whodied where and how, on which sepia date,pages smoothed and stroked and turnedtransparent with attention Connection to religion through reference to the Islamic holy book Koran Shows how paper records details about people who are no longer around (This links to Ozymandias and words greater longevity than human and human power) The use of listing shows buildings were paper [...]feel their drift, see how easilythey fall away on a sigh,a shift in the direction of the wind whimsical nature of life using imagination power as an illusion, something we believe to bring comfort and sense of control power being relative even buildings which seem permanent are prone to collapse, dilapidation, and destruction. Nothing about humanity, not even the creations it leaves behind so the poem argues is truly permanent. The use of enjambement captures ... Maps too. The sun shines throughtheir borderlines, the marksthat rivers make, roads,railtracks, mountainfolds, - Highlights how humans have tried to adapt to nature and navigating their surroundings- connects humans with their environment and the world I`ve started the analysis for this stanza, finish it off by adding one or two more bullet points. with living tissue, raise a structurenever meant to last,of paper smoothed and strokedand thinned to be transparent,turned into your skin. - This returns to the metaphor of tissues in a new way, connecting it to the tissues of human skin- acceptance of life`s transience- final line is a break from structure- direct address - repetition of that phrase `smoothed and stroked / and thinned to be transparent` that was used when describing the Koran at the beginning- though not strictly a cyclical structure, there is a cyclical return to this idea through the repetition of the phrase
War PhotographerTransience of life, eg all flesh is grass OzymandiasHuman Power and its loss ___________________________ Before Reading After we read, I`m going to ask you to describe the appearance and shape of the poem. Pay attention to the poem`s form and any structural features that you notice. Let`s read. " v:shapes="Text_x0020_Box_x0020_2'gt;Structure
Structural and Language Analysis: It is essential that you are always thinking about how structure and language relate to one another. Think about how structural techniques support linguistic ones and vica versa. Some key words that are essential for our analysis of this poem include: BinaryComplexityTransience the kind you find in well-used books,the back of the Koran, where a handhas written [...] whodied where and how, on which sepia date,pages smoothed and stroked and turnedtransparent with attention Connection to religion through reference to the Islamic holy book Koran Shows how paper records details about people who are no longer around (This links to Ozymandias and words greater longevity than human and human power) The use of listing shows buildings were paper [...]feel their drift, see how easilythey fall away on a sigh,a shift in the direction of the wind whimsical nature of life using imagination power as an illusion, something we believe to bring comfort and sense of control power being relative even buildings which seem permanent are prone to collapse, dilapidation, and destruction. Nothing about humanity, not even the creations it leaves behind so the poem argues is truly permanent. The use of enjambement captures ... Maps too. The sun shines throughtheir borderlines, the marksthat rivers make, roads,railtracks, mountainfolds, - Highlights how humans have tried to adapt to nature and navigating their surroundings- connects humans with their environment and the world I`ve started the analysis for this stanza, finish it off by adding one or two more bullet points. with living tissue, raise a structurenever meant to last,of paper smoothed and strokedand thinned to be transparent,turned into your skin. - This returns to the metaphor of tissues in a new way, connecting it to the tissues of human skin- acceptance of life`s transience- final line is a break from structure- direct address - repetition of that phrase `smoothed and stroked / and thinned to be transparent` that was used when describing the Koran at the beginning- though not strictly a cyclical structure, there is a cyclical return to this idea through the repetition of the phrase
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