This key facts covers 📋 Fast Facts within Tissue (Dharker) for GCSE English Literature. Revise Tissue (Dharker) in Power and Conflict Poetry for GCSE English Literature with 10 exam-style questions and 15 flashcards. This topic appears regularly enough that it should still be part of a steady revision cycle. It is section 15 of 20 in this topic. Use this key facts to connect the idea to the wider topic before moving on to questions and flashcards.
📋 Fast Facts
- Written by Imtiaz Dharker; published in 2006 in the collection The Terrorist at My Table
- Eleven stanzas of varying lengths — no regular line count, no rhyme scheme
- Dharker was born in Pakistan in 1954 and grew up in Glasgow, Scotland
- She is also a visual artist and filmmaker — her drawing and filmmaking inform her precise attention to physical objects
- The poem includes the image of the Koran — reflecting Dharker's Muslim heritage and her engagement with questions of faith, identity, and power
- The collection was written in the period following the September 2001 attacks, a time of intense debate about Islam, borders, and identity in the West
Practice questions for Tissue (Dharker)
In 'Tissue', what is the final image Dharker uses at the end of the poem?
How does Dharker use form in 'Tissue' to enact her argument about power? [2 marks]