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• 'paper that lets light shine'

  • thin
  • hope in
  • knowledge allowed in
  • bright
• 'fly or lives like paper kites'

  • enjambment
  • money that is made of pper controls our lives, absurd that something so fragile can hold such power
  • control, escaping in the wind, held in place
  • life goes by franticly just like this stanza
• 'a structure never meant to last'

  • human life=ephermial
  • dont be controled by something as physical fragile as paper when life is s short
• 'turned into your skin'

  • your identity is created through paper
  • break free of confines of life
  • breakes the structure
• 'koran'

  • religious imagery
  • read and used alot showing its importance and value
  • sacred
• Context:

  • born in Pakistan
  • grew up in Scotland
  • writes about identity, the role of women and searching for meaning
• Themes:

  • power of humans
  • power of nature
  • identity
• Structure:

  • three main parts
  • moving through ideas about history, human experience and the creation of human life
  • final line stands out and focuses the reader on their own identity and how its created