Tissue

Poet

IMTIAZ DHARKER

Context

• Conflict is now caused by a range of sources: war, terrorism, politics, location, money, status, wealth, identity and religion.
• Everything is fleeting and matters change.
• Humans think that they are in control but they must learn that they are insignificant in the grand scheme of life.
• All should question their beliefs, attitudes and opinions. What are they founded on? Are they reasonable?

Plot

• The poem covers many ideas that are viewed as true and constant.
• Religious books, maps, buildings and borders are just some of the things that people depend on to define themselves.
• Everything is made out of a material that can deteriorate and can soon become nothing in the eyes of men.

Form

• On-going monologue
• Enjambment
• Internal rhyme

Structure

• Nine four-lined stanzas and one single-lined stanza

Language

• Polysyndetic listing
• Alliteration
• Metaphor
• Simile
• Direct address

Tone

• Detached/nonchalant
• Cynical
• Fear
• Frustration
• Disgust

Themes

• Power of humans
• Power of memory
• Identity
• Education