Imtiaz Dharker: 'Tissue' Mr Bruff Analysis

Analysis of 'Tissue' by Imtiaz Dharker.
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[@mrbruff]

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[@olaramoni872]

if this poem comes up im 100% doing an Eva Smith and downing a pint of disinfectant

[@elpanda6250]

ill join u

[@NuraHm]

i am with u

[@lolaprice5597]

Literally love that

[@thecvshow1968]

Count me in, I got my milk bottle just in case they put Ozymandias ;)

[@ambrosiaaa9064]

TheCV Show How was it XD

[@sivani500]

If tissue ends up being the poem, I’ll be using it to wipe my tears.

[@7abayomilawal]

the poem actually isn't that bad. i didn't want to go over it but i realized its not as bad as i thought it was lol.

[@Aja.aasms.]

AGAGA mood

[@ameliamary797]

fr

[@atlantic85]

@Siv S They wouldn't do that for three reasons: A) The exam board isn't that cruel B) It's best used by Set 1 students to compare to just because of how many different interpretations there are C) The exam board isn't that cruel.

[@malllllllllllll221]

@@atlantic85 watch it be the poem this year now that you've said that AQA ARE SO CRUELLL

[@damankharoud5034]

Roses are Red, Violets are blue, If Tissues comes up, I'm leaving the room

[@ME-fi1nj]

Damandeep Kharoud if it's my last duchess I'm gonna kill myself

[@alexandra4855]

Was itttt tissueeee??????

[@AnimalJammer2004]

@@alexandra4855 No it wasn't, it was War Photographer apparently for the bunch in 2019 - I hope its not Tissue this year or else I'm dying on the spot in the exam hall

[@ethantwam8709]

Roses are red, Violets are blue, If i see this poem again im joining you

[@jonathanmelia]

That doesn’t really rhyme.

[@AnimalJammer2004]

I don't know what will kill me first: 1) the anxiety that Tissue might be this year's poem 2) Corona Virus

[@NoodlesStageSpace]

amen

[@hannahmoomba5078]

this aged so nicely you never even had an exam haha

[@youwouldnotbelieveyoureyes6829]

Idk I really like tissue, English has no wrong answer as long as you can back your interpretations everything’s fine...

[@theolawson]

@@youwouldnotbelieveyoureyes6829 that’s why I prefer maths, there is an answer so I know if I’m getting it right 😂

[@gdnandatokorewa7989]

I can almost guarantee you it won't be included. Especially after the first paper. AQA knows everyone gonna fail this

[@sarahstubs3420]

Power Interpretation - 1:13 Imitiaz Dharker - 2:16 Poem Collection - 2:35 Literal Translation - 2:56 Title - 3:34 Stanzas - 4:11 Analysis - 6:47 Stanza 1 - 6:47 Stanza 2>3 - 8:42 Structure - 9:27 Enjambment - 9:27 Free Verse - 11:31 Repetition - 11:51 Human Power - 12:24 Buildings - 12:40 Maps - 13:02 Receipts (Grocery Slips) - 14:19 Poet's messsage - 15:14 Humanity vs Nature - 15:42 Final Line - 17:03 Conflict Interpretation - 17:45 Conclusion - 19:12

[@mrbruff]

+Sarah Cat wow! So helpful!

[@zaidrevision2835]

Doing God's work. Thanks so much!!!

[@AdamBomb5794]

no she isnt doing gods work, because humans cant do that as their power is rendered obsolete by that of Gods

[@habibahshah4268]

You angel

[@evabailey6068]

Thank you so much! This is the basis of the structure of my notes now!

[@nlyon1773]

Who else hates the new gsce?

[@arsalkhawaja5865]

mate what poems came up in your exam (if you have done it).

[@musharrafmohamed5750]

i think ozymandias came up last year, im doing my gcse's this year. wonder what will turn up:)

[@sassythesasquatch8006]

musharraf mohamed the head of my english department said that its most likely going to be tissue or london

[@aisha-maimanneh4752]

last year was either bayonet charge or charge of the light brigade (lol i get confused) so this year the most likely poems to come up are the conflict of memory, nature or human power so tissue is a front runner x

[@aisha-maimanneh4752]

just seen the comment above it was bayonet charge so yeah most likely to not be another powerful war one

[@iluvujeasus2239]

Can you imagine if after going through this whole pandemic, missing weeks of education, the exam board hits us with this bad boy...

[@excaliber2845]

would make sense. its probably the most revised poem

[@batyaser]

@@excaliber2845 nah Bro, its the day before and even my English teacher doesn't know much about it

[@excaliber2845]

@@batyaser your teacher won't know which poem it is

[@batyaser]

@@excaliber2845 never meant it like that, I just meant that she wasn't that fluent in the knowledge behind tissue

[@excaliber2845]

@@batyaser ohh

[@daffytech8317]

'Might fly our lives like paper kites' shows how we think that we are in control of our lives and that no one can trick us into doing what we dont want to do. Similar to a kite we hold the spool ( the reel bit of a kite) expecting it to be totally under our control. We act as if we are in control of the wind and nature as we 'know' that the wind will carry our kites for us. However this is ironic as the wind sways the kite in its own direction so this suggests that nature has the real power over man. Hope this helps!

[@jeff-wq4bw]

Thank you good sir

[@ieatalot4189]

Oh buddy

[@paranoidpineapple1838]

"fly our lives like paper kite"- Our money and receipts are made of paper which comes from trees which is a part of nature which emphasizes our never ending man hunt for power over nature. We are depleting the earths natural resources for materialistic, stupid desires without thought of consequences and are too caught up in money and selfishness..stupid humans.... Thank you so much sir :) I feel like I finally have chance of beating this exam. You have helped so many people and please continue what you do. :D

[@SuperAshraf89]

Paranoid Pineapple a

[@7312-m8p]

Paranoid Pineapple it's not a geography exam too

[@zarataqui4345]

wow you are good

[@bkayproducer]

watching this because I feel like tissue will pull up in the exam to give me stress

[@king-r6712]

man like BKay. Good luck with your exams and keep producing' bro. I'm glad you're taking education seriously and not falling into the 'road' life. Big up yourself bro. How have your exams been so far?

[@bkayproducer]

King-R my guy ! thank you bro, and of course, i’ll focus on my education regardless

[@bkayproducer]

King-R and they’ve been calm apart from geography so far

[@j0diekinsey543]

all the memes going around about tissue are making me come here

[@vex8499]

BKay what exam board do you have for geography, mine was really decent

[@tommyscott1525]

This poem doesn't have any context. Yeah she goes on about paper, life, etc. But WHY?! It doesn't have a point! Why did Owen write Exposure? His life was shit, ankle deep in mud and water. So what did he do? Wrote a poem set in the most terrible war man had known at the time, and didn't paint Germans as the enemy. No, instead he showed the true killer. Monotony, boredom and the weather. The terrible, terrible weather. "Merciless iced east winds that knive us". Now, that is a line! You know what isn't? "If buildings were made of paper, I might easily feel their drift". It's not good.

[@fyodor8375]

"maybe you just don't get it" i feel that no point is the point

[@mokmok2004]

@@fyodor8375 makes a lot of sense🤥

[@fyodor8375]

Nihilism

[@ali.h2308]

Tommy Scott best rant ive heard 🤣🤣

[@j.1985]

let's just hope it's not this though @@ali.h2308

[@silentfusion8449]

This poem shouldnt be at gcse level.

[@dullah1700]

SILENT FUSION I agree with you

[@user-st3dn9fg2w]

If you have him as a English teacher you are lucky

[@denki0001]

Anyone watching this the day before the exam literally

[@zaras9298]

The morning before lmao

[@jasonvoorhees9117]

Zara S hey same

[@sandwich.entity3810]

the morning before

[@nclarke3655]

Yup

[@anisaax6785]

watching at 1.5x speed

[@twilightmaddd]

Gonna need a tissue if this makes an appearance tomorrow

[@elpanda6250]

yh i hope its not u can only link it to like 2 other poems.... ozymandias and something else i think... good luck with u exam!!!!! ill be sitting it as well

[@jackthomas2983]

Good luck Thursdy yall (Thanks for saving our lives Mr Bruff)

[@inmate_i9208]

You deserve a nobel prize ma fren. For helping us GCSE Students who feel helpless and stuck in an abyss, unable to get out... Till we watch your videos of course.

[@krabby-patty]

him and free science lessons

[@trinidemships]

This poem is actually so hard to understand :/ if this comes up, my life will be over.

[@na_z5938]

Well did it

[@mysmallpetshop8481]

how did you do?

[@sylvierogers8840]

My teachers says its a stupid poem to have in with the others

[@w.j.3931]

Bayonet Charge

[@Mapleleafzz_HD]

My English teacher says he’ll petrol bomb the AQA offices if it comes up

[@mattlawton7720]

AQA boardroom meeting: head of education: *swigs wine bottle* odds on putting tissue in lit paper 2. 1 to 10?

[@Dage-bl6ru]

My money is on checkin out me history

[@j.1985]

same, or London and The Prelude @@Dage-bl6ru

[@smudge_mudge2994]

Tissue is the only one that will never pop up as it's such a high level poem, it's only there for grade 9 students

[@Happy81555]

I did poorly in paper 1, so I have to do well in paper 2. If Tissue comes up, my English literature grade is screwed 😂 Thank you for this video, though; it makes it easier to understand the poem :)

[@nolimitdennis8730]

Happy81555 relatable asf. If tissue comes up im 100% re-sitting the exam in november

[@mrvmrv6894]

xdddddddddddddddddd

[@Alex-mt7ks]

Sat here the day before and I'm only now beginning to revise

[@jensonemmott2021]

Alex trust me😂😂

[@FahadAli-vy7jn]

Same

[@jaimelee3295]

Think we all are😩

[@lauravalle6539]

Alex me too

[@ruhul135]

@@FahadAli-vy7jn same

[@Matthatguy119]

Honestly, I found this poem to be fairly easy, as I managed to get a few ideas from it. For example, to me the idea that "If buildings were paper"" made me think of the fragility of civilisations, while paper, although being more fragile than buildings, is what keeps the knowledge of those civilisations alive, thus showing the power held by such a delicate material. Idk, it might be just a random thought but just in case, I would keep this interpretation in mind.

[@gdnandatokorewa7989]

Paper is represented as power. Humans try to utilise that power to gain control by using paper for receipts and religious books. However nature is represented by sunlight, that easily overcomes the power of the paper as the sunlight breaks through the monoliths and counties and shines through the paper. This shows that no matter how hard humans try to gain control, nature always wins

[@Thestrutter00001]

Hold on hold on. This makes sense😳😳

[@tiffanyknighton3856]

Anyone else watching this a week before their exam??

[@jamesroutledge79]

im here, heard for aqa that it might come up in the exam. Not sure though...

[@laurenking1282]

James Routledge I fucking hope not haven’t got a clue

[@alexroberts1013]

A day before lol

[@saracelestemir]

Alex Roberts me too aha

[@haz-1341]

Same lol

[@sallyj577]

I really don't like this Poem.

[@letitiataylor6253]

I honestly love this poem because of how open it is for you’re own thoughts to expand on it and take it in different directions.

[@lylahartnell724]

if Tissue comes up this year I will cry

[@elenajackman7940]

Power of Mr Bruff: You hate Tissue because it makes no sense and has no exact literal meaning and you never went through it in class, then you watch one 20 minute video, and suddenly you're wishing for it to come up in the exam! Thank you so much Mr Bruff. I would definitely compare this to Ozymandias - they are both the poet's critique of the fragility of human power, and its diaphaneity, while nature is the ultimate power.

[@ali.h2308]

I just watched the video and i still don’t want it to come up

[@edhfilms5238]

Same but I kinda get it now

[@FiyinfoluwaOyewumi]

It literally easy I'm also going to compare it with ozymandias

[@mysticedits684]

NEVER IN MY LIFE HAVE I BEEN MORE THANKFUL! I HAVE MY ENGLISH MOCK ON MONDAY AND I'M COMPARING WITH TISSUE AND I'M SO READY FOR THIS EXAM NOW THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@mrbruff]

+Mystic Edits fantastic!

[@solomonfazel3578]

Mystic Edits don't shit ur lants

[@ethanrickett8363]

Mystic Edits we love the newmanator

[@benh2428]

My exam is tomorrow and I'm not prepared at all ;)

[@samripley2864]

Ben H2 SAME

[@mysmallpetshop8481]

I got 25/30 on my poem question, thank you! I was soooo happy with that result :)

[@noor-l7s3w]

how

[@jenni2032]

After those paper one questions being such a blessing aqa are definitely gonna give us tissue lol

[@callumconner20]

Personally, I hated Tissue. But watching this helped me understand it a whole lot more. Thanks a tone.

[@mrbruff]

great!

[@gearboxgaming8024]

"Thanks a tone" was that meant to be a pun...

[@callumconner20]

Gearbox Gaming Yeah...

[@josephnicholls9465]

Callum Conner n

[@mataslaukaitis9975]

Callum Conner tone lmao

[@willboothman4500]

Evening Bruffy, personally I would compare Tissue with Storm on the Island. They both give off a really confident tone at the start i.e man controls nature. For example the maps in Tissue and the "good slate" in SOTI (or wizened earth). Ultimately man does not have the power so you get "daylight break through" in Tissue and "pummels" in SOTI. Thanks for the inspo x

[@yousofalemi2682]

Will Boothman this is a brilliant idea!

[@willboothman4500]

Yousof Alemi Thanks Luis

[@christianscottmcwall9963]

The caesura,breaking of "maps too." from the rest of the line reflects how just like the line,man is using maps to create a divide in nature.

[@christianscottmcwall9963]

furthermore, after the caesura the poet says "the sun shines through" reflecting how nature will crush mankind's attempt art dividing it just like the caesura divided the sentence structure.

[@lovelvtion]

@@christianscottmcwall9963 I LOVE YOU

[@Feraanmii]

guys 2 cut your revision time down, just listen on 2x speed

[@mythicalhex3829]

...then put on subtitles because you can't understand a thing

[@zulzo]

This poem is perfect, if it comes up everyone will do bad and then the grade boundaries will be low.

[@fatimahabibi907]

ok, this probably sounds proper stupid right now, but I have a different interpretation of Tissue. I think the use of structure shows how paper changed over time and is still changing. The paper at the beginning is used for books and common stuff but then towards the end of the poem, it talks about tissue, your skin. What if the poet is trying to show how the paper will eventually be so advanced that it will make skin or tissue. basically, throughout the poem, it is talking about receipts, maps and architects buildings but then it goes into the skin. The skin may be the advanced version of paper because robots and artificial beings have all started off with paper, with a plan and turn into human-like figures. The poem may be about how something as simple as paper could make human-like figures and become less valued.

[@LouisJoshua]

Lol no

[@scrollingdownonlytofindcom2663]

Interesting interpretation!

[@Conkurdome]

Ur of ur nutter

[@Dcnstudio.Daniela]

Dont listen to them lot , honestly it was an amazing intention and if i get the change i will surely use it

[@kittylover9790]

Wow!

[@michaelwensner2475]

Anyone watching this night before?

[@brahimchedid550]

yup, i'm ready to fail

[@henrywardell723]

Im watching it an hour before my exam

[@williamtran9996]

The brief analysis at the start was Shittttt😂😂but later on everything actually made sense,u made me see Tissue in a new way,it’s now my favourite poem because I love metaphors.definitely Subbed and liked deserved

[@olliehrt5659]

Night before paper 2? Yes please

[@yananneteoh9818]

At first glance, I identify paper as symbolic of our 'civilisation as it's connected to writing , writing systems and buildings or institutions... finally ending its metamorphosis with the skin, which, like the fine, translucent paper, holds the whole human body together. There's more of course... thank you immensely for your insightful and most digestible contribution to GCSE poetry. I very much enjoy your amazing and magnanimous input.

[@morkandkookies]

You're a lifesaver. I swear I didn't know this poem in that much detail and never really thought of it like this but if it appears in my exam tomorrow or ozymandias appears than this video is a great help.

[@roonieramshaw929]

Who else is here because we got such a nice literature paper 1 question so now we now that Aqua will give us tissue

[@katejolly9180]

I watched this very video yesterday morning before the GCSE English Lit exam and I couldn’t be more thankful! I was able to answer the question in confidence- thank you so much for these videos, you have inspired me to take it for A-level!

[@alchemy___x5544]

so i was on a school trip to a live poetry thing and imtiaz dharker was there and said the last line also represents how human skin is fragile and easily thrown away in conflict, thought it was a very interesting point :)

[@crystaltang5768]

Thank you. I was sick on the lesson my teacher taught the class 'Tissue' and my mocks are tomorrow and this video really helped me understand 'Tissue' than any other revision guide or video. Bless you.

[@italianalex8104]

you really opened up my knowledge in english, and now thanks to you I have full confidence to achieve those levels 8s and 9s in my IGCSE's!

[@mrbruff]

That's great!

[@Redhousereject]

I remember really enjoying this poem in class but then people started complaining about how 'stupid' it was. Even my teacher said she didn't like it so we didn't really do a very challenging analysis on it at all but I found myself thinking about it recently so I ended up at this video. Whenever I put my hand up in lesson to ask questions about a poem I really enjoyed everyone else would laugh and tell me to shut up so I did. I sit in the far corner away from the rest of the students in my own world because they will never understand. It hurts to be a minority but even if you are a minority (even a minority of one) it doesn't mean what you think is wrong.

[@abigailalma]

everyone in my year seems to despise this poem! it's probably my favourite:) i think people use their lack of understanding as a reason to dislike this beautiful poem rather than something to spark their interest and inquisitive nature- personally, i think it's a work of art

[@Airbug11]

Abigail Chetham it's alright but ozymandias is beautiful #naturekicksass

[@abigailalma]

Airbug11 that's one of my faves too!! i find the context especially interesting because i'm obsessed with ancient egypt:) also interesting to think about how everything we do nowadays, our iphones and social media will eventually all be rendered redundant by the sands of time and all that jazz. yeah it's really good haha:)

[@Airbug11]

Exactly! And ancient Egypt is great, one of the best parts of ancient history. I like the post apocalyptic feel of it especially- and just like you said- how futile and selfish the minutiae of modern life is compared to the timeless beauty of our natural world. Bit deep so props to Mr. Bruff for his work on here

[@abigailalma]

Airbug11 absolutely:) ancient egypt is one of my greatest passions in study, egyptology is a large contender for a future degree if i choose to go down that route!! like you said, major props to mr bruff for all his work on here! i don't know about you, but i also love the prelude (wordsworth is sort of my hero in general anyway though haha) and storm on the island:) oh and the emigrée!! to be honest i feel really lucky with the poems in the anthology, i really love most of them

[@evabailey6068]

I love it too! I think it's so clever and beautifully written and I love that you can interpret it in whatever way you wish to. Even my English teacher doesn't like it!

[@sofiat3970]

i genuinely feel so much glee when i find new interpretations of a structure or some language thank you mr bruff

[@simchirubenstein8316]

if this comes up I'll need a tissue for my issue

[@elliothardwick591]

ffs

[@charleshierner2024]

the joke has been made like 5 times

[@joythelefty113]

The poet refers to the notes that ‘someone’ may write at the back of a copy of the Qur'an, the personal notes about individuals and families. It suggests that human lives, families - the ‘histories’ we create - exist in the context of the ‘light’ of God. Thanks to the contributor who pointed out that you are not allowed to write in the Qur'an, so the hand that has written in the names is probably Allah. This indicates that humans have no power or control in this world The paper we write on can ‘alter things’ but it is nonetheless flimsy.

[@zainubhussain260]

Hi Mr Bruff a definite like for the video :D I wanted to ask if this could be a possible point 'Might fly our lives like paper kites' This simile hints at how our lives are dominated and controlled by money. Plus kites symbolises to freedom, and money is forcing the kite to fly which highlights how although money doesn't transmit freedom (rather it restricts a human in their desires and controls their everyday life)instead it influences the thoughts of people and forces them to 'fly' through life with the desire and comfort for money. People have become alluded to the wrong definition of freedom- Money is now their sense of freedom allowing them to fulfil their wants and wishes by becoming economically rich. Resulting in inner conflict of morality in the mind.

[@rezwanachowdhury9030]

Me watching this on literally the day of the exam 😭

[@amyahearne7369]

Thankyou so much. Not only was the video extremely helpful in my understanding of a poem I previously didn't really understand, it was enjoyable to watch and made me appreciate the poem. The way you linked each analysis back was what I needed; I don't mean to whine but my English teachers would just talk about abstract analysis and context without linking it back to the core message or the themes of power and conflict. Also, as you said at the start, it beats GCSE bitesize and textbooks.

[@mrbruff]

+Amy Ahearne thank you

[@jackboyall273]

If someone that has this in their paper is imaginative, then it will be very easy for them as there are many different meanings that you can look at which will make the examiner more interested in what you are writing as people have different perspectives. Great poem!

[@torak1298]

Could it not be compared to 'London' by W. Blake? Koran - "the black'ning church appalls" Maps - "each charter'd street" shopping receipts/power of money: "Chimney sweepers cry" "hapless soldier" Being controlled by something that is only paper thin: "Mind-forged manacles"

[@alexandraharrison5360]

he compares it to London in another video - you're right :)

[@luizacoutinho2763]

Harry Sandiford True

[@vesey986]

I think a better way of phrasing the comparison with 'mind-forged manacles' is: being controlled by something we create and something we think we have power over.

[@diversedking5238]

Tomorrow is my exam so just in case tissues shows up, I’ve been here‼️

[@evabailey6068]

I'm pretty sure I'm the only one, but this poem is possibly my favourite in the anthology! I think it's so clever and well written and I love the fact that there is no definite meaning to any of it. It compares so well with Ozymandias (another one of my favourites) because both display the ultimate fragility of humanity and the way in which it will eventually be overthrown by something new. Thank you for this video Mr Bruff, I really enjoyed it :)

[@mrbruff]

great!

[@ellacane1930]

This is honestly so helpful, wow. This poem is extremely confusing and difficult to understand (especially with so many different interpretations of each line). This video has saved me though!

[@rubendevroomen2637]

I have my GCSE's in a few weeks. This video may have saved me...

[@Iramali1666]

lol same. im in yr 10 as well

[@jasonvoorhees9117]

My exams in 2 hours, here I am

[@saragiardina9131]

if this comes up this year i will probably cry at my desk

[@ninap8836]

LOOOOL same.

[@user-ir2er8fn5f]

For the stanza; “Maps too. The sun shines through their borderlines, the marks that rivers make, roads, rail tracks, mountainfolds,”. Could I say that the use of punctuation and caesuras divides the lines like maps divide places?

[@lilyannis9796]

The end point when you linked back to 'Terrorist at my Table' was literally a kind of mind-blown moment for me! I knew most points about the poem but linking it all back to the context was super useful! Thank you! - still hoping this won't come up though, haha :)

[@mrbruff]

great!

[@cxnny6615]

Could you say there is a lexical field of light in the poem?

[@hannahsanderson3415]

anyone here today? day before lit paper 2?😭

[@FlameWhiter]

I hope it's not tissue, they've been too nice recently

[@smudge_mudge2994]

👍 yep but won't be tissue most likely

[@Xavier-gr7hz]

all going over my head, especially this poem. i m getting cooked tmr 💀💀

[@griffindorsword1]

you have literally saved me so much. I didn't understand this poem at all but through your explanation I can clearly see the tie it has to power and how I can compare it with ozymandias

[@mrbruff]

amazing!

[@destiny-powerhouse3260]

Sir, would you say that this poem is a likely to come up in the exam. My english teacher mentioned that it is unlikely due to its ambiguity. Should I bother memorising its analysis points???

[@abbey_rose_]

Thankyou for this our teachers literally refuse to teach us this poem

[@elenajackman7940]

Wow; thank you so much for doing all of these videos - you are helping thousands of people! You are amazing and thank you for everything you do! :)

[@_yom_3987]

Life saver, i think i might survive if this comes up now

[@ellabudgen7437]

you've made me love this poem

[@kieranediting2001]

Tight power with listing may also suggest how man is self consious of how easily nature and God can take its power away from it so whatever power it has e.g Maps Borderlines and roads are all items that man is trying its hardest to retain control over because the poet is suggesting man as a whole has very limited power so whatever we have we need to keep . This might be why listing is used in the poem as well .

[@thinkublu]

I love this poem. I'd hate to have to analyse it, but it is one of my favourite of the cluster. The structure and the language used go together so well.

[@Izzy-wc5fo]

I GET IT !!! Thank you Mr Bruff

[@HappyMadness4000]

I love this poem, the metaphors are so interesting.

[@lostdivs7344]

Legit last minute revision..... Literally thanks for this analysis

[@kevinlinton8191]

I hated this poem learning it. My exam is in 9 hours and I realised that I didn't know much about this poem. Now after this video I have a new found understanding and appreciation of this poem. Thank you for your analysis.

[@haleemali9259]

lol me too bro, we will get through this!

[@stevenash2869]

So helpful for the 2018 test, poem was Ozymandias and you had to compare how power was presented so I drew up loads of comparisons with tissue thanks to this video. Thanks for helping me in English lit way more helpful than my school

[@charlieelliott2294]

You have to be the best KZbinr ever thanks a trill

[@Rachel_Tensions]

i kind of get it now?

[@teamcori]

THANK YOU! MY ENGLISH LITERATURE PAPER 2 MOCK SOON AND THIS VIDEO ABSOLUTELY SAVED ME IF IT CAME UP. I LOVE TISSUE NOW!

[@Michael-wt6jn]

Nebula - Agar.io Shannon K

[@katiieproctor]

anyone else here because they’re absolutely convinced we’re getting tissue because of how good paper 1 was 😂

[@zillabignall]

Literally me

[@Anna-xw8rw]

we won't get tissue because it is a complex poem and english isn't a tiered exam and so has to be accessible for all students, brainy or less brainy. They would more likely give us a nature poem that we would have the ability to compare to tissue with.

[@mybroski664]

@@Anna-xw8rw its in the spec, that's all that matters frankly. The exam board doesn't care if you are are aren't 'brainy', they need to push every poem within a given timeframe. So of course they are going to give some people tissue.

[@gdnandatokorewa7989]

@@Anna-xw8rw they can just lower the boundaries

[@purplepetal2511]

anyone else here mourning over the fact that we don't have our GCSEs (even though this was probably the most obsure/difficult poem of power and conflict for me, I still wish we could have even this rather than nothing at all) :') all those a christmas carol, blood brothers and macbeth quotations...for nothing... I will admit the essay skills we learnt were very useful however. Will help in A-levels, I'm sure!

[@mrbruff]

The Department For Education (England) has just announced that teacher assessments will be used for exams, BUT students will have the opportunity to sit exams early in the next academic year if they want to. Full government document here: www.gov.uk/government/news/further-details-on-exams-and-grades-announced

[@purplepetal2511]

@@mrbruff that's really helpful, thanks!

[@lilysummerhayes4125]

this video has helped me so much i didn't understand this poem at all and i couldn't write about it at all but you have made me have an interpretation that i understand and agree with thank you so much

[@kenho03]

The poem is ambiguous. I read through it again and again and try to summarize my understandings: stanza 1-2: describe how powerful paper is. It can record important information and convey messages, like religious messages in Koran. stanza 3-4: people misuse paper. (e.g. for building something) It's completely wrong stanza 5-6: give some examples of proper use of paper in some way. Paper can be a metaphor of people, who just like paper recording and conveying messages. stanza 7: An architect (referring to the government) uses Paper to build the country and let them suffer under the daylight without care. The authority is only proud of the greatness they built. stanza 8: explicitly saying that the paper is living tissue (people) and anything built with them will not be long lasting. It repeats the words "tinned" & "transparent" to emphasise the interest of people is thinned and invisible. Last stanza: it becomes the "skin" of the government to support them.

[@finrowan235]

Omg this helped me so much mr gruff

[@zaccansdale31765]

Could the simile paper kites reflect the fact that these trivial issues like money seem to lead us but really have no real force.

[@livsandlils4089]

If this poem comes up tomorrow I stg😫😫😫

[@amirmoore6795]

You convinced me to buy your E book.

[@mrbruff]

+Amir Moore great!

[@JuliaCarlile]

Could you do videos showing us how to structure answers? Using slap etc xx

[@tashalydia1806]

If i open the paper and it's tissue I'm starting a riot

[@Xavier-gr7hz]

Revising night before and nothings going in my head. Especially this. honestly why Intimaz dhaker put so much work in this poem in order to torture innocent students like us. Ngl i m getting cooked tmr

[@Potatoes_with_peanutbutter]

Xavier

[@samcooke407]

this has opened up the poem so much for me!! thank you xxx

[@mrbruff]

no problem

[@marksharp4452]

would Tissue also compare well to London?

[@shoobzy3431]

wow thx a lot i'm in yr10 and i just started this poem and you explained it in a lot of depth and in different perspectives thx u soo much

[@mrbruff]

excellent

[@hish1179]

good luck 2morrow guysss!!!

[@sco0by907]

thank you so much,,, since lock down analysing poems have been so hard but you make it easier!

[@mrbruff]

Glad to help. Thanks for watching!

[@yizzymelon6721]

After paper 1 I am scared this is gonna come up...

[@shumairas1445]

AGREED paper one tHrEW Me OFf this will KIll Me