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what happens in the poetry

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  • the initial phase of the poem talks abut the importance of paper as something we used to record our history and change things
  • paper is shown as a delicate but still remains a huge catalyst changing elements of our lives
  • the final stages of the poem talk of constructing things, especially human life which is far more complex and valuable
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form,, structure and context

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  • the poem lacks any regular rhythm or rhyme, it is written in nine, four line stanzas with a single line stanza to conclude
  • the poem has a fairly clear structure, moving from ideas about history, on to the human experiences and finally to the formation of human life
  • they have used enjambment across lines and between stanzas. this could indicate the following, delicate nature of both life and paper.
  • the poem focuses on humanity rather than individuals.
  • the poem is from the dharkers 2006 collection, the terrorist at my table, a collection of poems which questions humanity on our awareness of the people around us.
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key quotes

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  • this is what could alter things
  • well used books, the back of koran
  • pages smoothed and stroked and turned
  • the sun shines through their borderlines
  • might fly our lives like paper kites
  • if buildings were paper, i might feel their drift
  • layer over layer, luminous script and monoliths
  • trace a grand design with living tissue
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What poems can you do a comparison with nature, the power of humans, identity and memory in

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  • Ozymandias

- poppies

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language and themes

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  • light imagery is used throughout the poem as something which is able to move through things, break through boundaries and allow people to see.
  • the delicacy of paper is emphasized through the use of adjectives to describe the firmness.
  • the use of money, architecture and book binding all creates an extended metaphor for human life and skin.