Tissue

• 'Paper' is a recurring motif throughout 'Tissue' to symbolise the fragility of human life
• 'thinned by age or touching' identity changes through age and experiences
• 'Koran' links to religious imagery, as religion makes up your identity
• 'smoothed and stroked and turned' triplet, respect of identity
• 'how easily they fall away' enjambment shows the fragility of human life
• 'Maps too.' short, simple sentence - creates blunt tone
• 'sun shines through their borderlines' made by humans, links to the power of nature and man vs nature
• 'rivers' 'roads' 'railtracks' alliteration shows the poet's dislike towards man-made structures
• 'might fly our lives like paper kites' simile shows the control of things of monetary values, criticises significance of money
• 'daylight break through capitals and monoliths' metaphor, links to power of nature, as humans are inferior to nature
• 'living tissue' turning point, revelation
• 'never meant to last' humans are not immortal - fragile
• 'transparent' repetition, human life will eventually fade away
• 'turned into your skin' isolated paragraph allows reader to be left to consider their life