Living Space Flashcards
Beginning quote 1
“There are just not enough / straight lines”
Beginning semantic field?
Semantic field of disorder:
“Beams / balance”
“Thrust”
“Nails clutch”
Middle quote 1
“The whole structure leans dangerously / towards the miraculous”
Middle quote 2
“some has squeezed / a living space”
End quote 1
“these eggs in a wire basket”
End quote 2
“fragile curves of white”
End quote 3
“bright, thin walls of faith”
Context of Living Space
This poems is about the Mumbai slums and how people have managed to live there in very poor conditions.
Author of Living Space?
Imtiaz Dharker
Form of Living Space?
It has an irregular form with lines of different lengths, this mirrors the sense of chaos of the poem.
The poem is split into two parts the first describes the instability and the second half suggests that they should be optimistic.
