tissue

Question 1

message

Answer 1

power given to paper. No real pwer just the power we give it. Human life is powerful but fragile.

Question 2

context

Question 3

title

Answer 3

tissue

Metaphor of human tissue vs tissue paper

Question 4

bible and other religous books??????????????

Answer 4

paper that lets the light shine through, this is what could alter things.
paper in bible is india paper - very thin
metaphor of light. both religious books contain light as a symbol of god. LIGHT IS GOD god can alter things

Question 5

buildings

Answer 5

capitals and monoliths”
represtnt human government and buildings

Question 6

maps

Answer 6

segregate and divide natural world
humans choose how to divide the land
exert powr of naturte

Question 7

money

Answer 7

“fine slips from the grocery shops”
receipts - usd to control through money.
they “fly our lives like paper kites”
they dominate and control us

Question 8

paper as a whole

Answer 8

easily broken and destroyed
tissues for example - we throw them away showing how easily we disregard natrual life death shows we take life for granted

Question 9

form

Answer 9

free verse
cannot order or arrange control so human power is not possible

Question 10

what is the most powerfull?

Answer 10

nature! “daylight breaks through capitals and monoliths” and “the sun shines through their bprderlines

Question 11

single line stanza

Answer 11

“turned into your skin”
human power is fragile like paper