11.1.4

Form, Structure & Key Comparisons

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Form and Structure of Tissue

The poem lacks any kind of rigid form, which could reflect the poet’s own desire for an interest in freedom. Dharker uses these techniques to achieve this:

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Free verse

  • Free verse doesn't follow a rhyming scheme or meter.
  • The poem is written in free verse to represent humans' inability to control nature or even their own lives.
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Enjambment

  • The enjambment (sentences flowing over the end of lines) between stanzas could reflect the poet’s desire for freedom.
  • Or, it could reflect the lack of control humans have compared to nature.

Key Comparisons: Tissue

Here are some themes that come up in Tissue and other texts:

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Nature vs human power

  • You may want to compare the theme of nature vs human power in Tissue to the following texts:
    • Ozymandias.
    • Exposure.
    • The Prelude.
    • Storm on the Island.

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1Ozymandias - Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

2London - William Blake (1757-1827)

3Storm on the Island - Seamus Heaney (1939-2013)

4Exposure - Wilfred Owen (1893-1918)

5War Photographer - Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955)

6My Last Duchess - Robert Browning (1812-1889)

7The Prelude - William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

8Charge of the Light Brigade - Alfred Tennyson

9Bayonet Charge - Ted Hughes (1930-1998)

10Poppies - Jane Weir (Born 1963)

11Tissue - Imtiaz Dharker (Born 1954)

12The Emigree - Carol Rumens (Born 1944)

13Kamikaze - Beatrice Garland (Born 1938)

14Checking Out Me History - John Agard (Born 1949)

15Remains - Simon Armitage (Born 1963)

16Grade 9 - Themes & Comparisons

16.1Grade 9 - Themes & Comparisons

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