Tissue

Question 1

Key quotations

Answer 1

Let the daylight break
Through capitals and monoliths
Turned into your skin
Fine slips from grocery shops
Paper that lets the light shine

Question 2

Summary

Answer 2

The poet makes a connection between the various uses of paper and architecture, and the living tissue of human skin.

Question 3

Poems that link to it

Answer 3

The emigreé poppies

Question 4

Context

Answer 4

Imtiaz dharker is a poet who was born in Pakistan and grew up in Scotland husband had cancer while she was writing this