Tissue Flashcards
Structure
Free verse
Represents humans inability to control nature or their own lives
Enjambment
Shows the speaker is attempting to reflect the poets desires for freedom
Reflect the lack of control humans have compared to nature
Themes
Instability
The speaker suggest that paper is at the mercy of greater forces,such as the weather
Power
Even the most delicate kinds of paper can record the most important details
Poem refers to the power of paper to change things and record memories
Human essence
Poem compares the significance and fragalinity of paper documents to the fleeting nature of buildings
Quote 1
Paper that lets light shine through,this is what could alter things
The light could perhaps be a metaphor for god
This could be read as a comment on the power of religion to change things
Quote 2
The marks that rivers make,roads,rail tracks,mountain folds
Highlights the idea that man is determined by control,dominate and make sense of nature
Quote 3
Might fly our lives like paper kites
Simile
Suggests our lives arnt always in control but are more like kites being blown in the wind
