Imtiaz Dharker Tissue Year 10

Who wrote the poem Tissue?

• Robert Browning

• William Wordsworth

• Anita Darkans

• Imtiaz Dharker

Name 2 themes that appear in the poem Tissue.

• Shame

• Darkness

• Light

• Control

Which of the following lines contains a simile?

• An architect could use all this

• Might fly our lives like paper kites

• Paper that lets the light shine through

• If buildings were paper

Which of these lines contains caesura?

• the height and weight, who

• that say how much was sold

• and thinned to be transparent,

• Maps too. The sun shines through

What technique is used in these lines?: "and never wish to build again with brick/ or block..."

• Alliteration

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

Choose 2 things that the theme of light represents.

• Cleanliness

• Hope

• Paper

• Goodness

Which line below most represents the theme of power?

• Turned into your skin

• This/ is what could alter things

• Fine slips from grocery shops

• never meant to last

Which line below most represents ageing?

• find a way to trace a grand design

• of paper smoothed and stroked

• place layer over layer/ luminous

• in the direction of the wind

What technique does the poet use throughout the poem re: paper?

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Hyperbole

• Extended Metaphor

How many lines are there in each stanza of the poem, except the last?

• 6

• 4

• 5

• 2