Starter quiz
- The poem 'Tissue' explores how the power of mankind is...
- everlasting
- supreme
- ephemeral ✓
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- What might each reference in the poem 'Tissue' reflect?
- maps⇔the control man exerts over the natural world ✓
- monoliths⇔the attempts of man to immortalise power ✓
- receipts⇔the priority man puts on the material world ✓
- pages with dates of birth etc.⇔the hierarchies that man enforces ✓
- Based on the poem 'Ozymandias', how did Ramesses II seek to immortalise his power?
- he produced a painting of himself
- he produced a statue of himself ✓
- he wrote a book about himself
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- Which movement were Wordsworth and Shelley part of?
- Romanticism ✓
- Modernism
- Enlightenment
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- How does Dharker's 'Tissue' present the ideas of control and hierarchy?
- as meaningful because it outlasts nature
- as futile as it will fade away ✓
- as important to uphold structure in society
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- What is the form of 'Ozymandias' and what may this reflect?
- ballad; helps people remember Ramesses II's story
- dramatic monologue; reflects Ramesses II's self-obsession
- subversion of traditional sonnet; reflects how man-made structures are ephemeral ✓
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Exit quiz
- 'Ozymandias' and 'Tissue' both explore...
- mankind's futile attempts to immortalise their power. ✓
- how nature supersedes the power of man. ✓
- how war is harrowing.
- how the horrors of war cause lasting trauma.
- how oppression lasts forever.
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- The statue in 'Ozymandias' is comparable to the __________ in 'Tissue'?
- "daylight"
- "brick"
- "monoliths" ✓
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- Which of the below is a contextual link for the poem 'Ozymandias'?
- the subverted sonnet form used reflects the ephemeral power of man
- Shelley was a Romantic poet who rejected institutional power ✓
- "boundless and bare" uses alliteration to inspire awe in the reader
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- 'Tissue' and 'London' are similar in that...
- they both show the oppression in one particular part of the world.
- they both show human control and hierarchy as futile. ✓
- they both show marriage as futile.
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- 'Tissue' and 'Extract from the Prelude' are similar in that...
- they both explore the futility of human pride. ✓
- they both explore the sublime.
- they both explore childhood arrogance.
- they are both written by Romantic poets.
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- The quatrains used in 'Tissue' may reflect...
- how human power is liberating.
- how human power is restrictive. ✓
- how human power is superior to that of nature.
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Key learning points
- ‘Tissue’ and ‘London’ explore the futility of hierarchy and systemic control in society.
- Both ‘Tissue’ and ‘Extract from The Prelude’ show the triumph of nature over human pride.
- ‘Tissue’ and ‘Ozymandias’ explore the ephemerality of human power.
- ‘Tissue’ and ‘Ozymandias’ explore the failed attempts of man to immortalise their power through man made structures.
Common misconception
Students may immediately want to compare 'Tissue' with ‘The Émigrée’ due to the immediate connection with light and displacement.
If we look more closely at 'Tissue', we can find solid links between poems about the ephemerality of human power.
Keywords
Ephemeral - lasting for a short time
Futile - useless or pointless
Subvert - undermine the authority of
Immortalise - to cause someone or something to be remembered forever
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