Imtiaz Dharker: 'Tissue' Mr Bruff Analysis

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Komentáře • 697

  • @sivani500
    @sivani500 Před 6 lety +1139

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

    • @7abayomilawal
      @7abayomilawal Před 4 lety +10

      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.
      @Aja.aasms. Před 3 lety

      AGAGA mood

    • @ameliamary797
      @ameliamary797 Před 3 lety

      fr

    • @atlantic85
      @atlantic85 Před rokem +2

      @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
      @malllllllllllll221 Před rokem +2

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

  • @olaramoni872
    @olaramoni872 Před 7 lety +1625

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

  • @AnimalJammer2004
    @AnimalJammer2004 Před 4 lety +373

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

    • @NoodlesStageSpace
      @NoodlesStageSpace Před 4 lety +3

      amen

    • @hannahmoomba5078
      @hannahmoomba5078 Před 4 lety +18

      this aged so nicely you never even had an exam haha

    • @youwouldnotbelieveyoureyes6829
      @youwouldnotbelieveyoureyes6829 Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @theolawson
      @theolawson Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @gdnandatokorewa7989
      @gdnandatokorewa7989 Před rokem +1

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

  • @damankharoud5034
    @damankharoud5034 Před 5 lety +826

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

    • @ME-fi1nj
      @ME-fi1nj Před 5 lety +8

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

    • @alexandra4855
      @alexandra4855 Před 4 lety +1

      Was itttt tissueeee??????

    • @AnimalJammer2004
      @AnimalJammer2004 Před 4 lety +14

      @@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
      @ethantwam8709 Před 4 lety +12

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

    • @jonathanmelia
      @jonathanmelia Před 4 lety

      That doesn’t really rhyme.

  • @sarahstubs3420
    @sarahstubs3420 Před 7 lety +782

    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
      @mrbruff  Před 7 lety +95

      +Sarah Cat wow! So helpful!

    • @zaidrevision2835
      @zaidrevision2835 Před 6 lety +20

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

    • @AdamBomb5794
      @AdamBomb5794 Před 6 lety +21

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

    • @habibahshah4268
      @habibahshah4268 Před 6 lety +3

      You angel

    • @evabailey6068
      @evabailey6068 Před 6 lety +2

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

  • @iluvujeasus2239
    @iluvujeasus2239 Před 4 lety +129

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

    • @excaliber2845
      @excaliber2845 Před 2 lety

      would make sense. its probably the most revised poem

    • @batyaser
      @batyaser Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @excaliber2845
      @excaliber2845 Před 2 lety

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

    • @batyaser
      @batyaser Před 2 lety +2

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

    • @excaliber2845
      @excaliber2845 Před 2 lety

      @@batyaser ohh

  • @bkayproducer
    @bkayproducer Před 6 lety +277

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

    • @king-r6712
      @king-r6712 Před 6 lety +6

      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
      @bkayproducer Před 6 lety +1

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

    • @bkayproducer
      @bkayproducer Před 6 lety +4

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

    • @j0diekinsey543
      @j0diekinsey543 Před 6 lety +9

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

    • @vex8499
      @vex8499 Před 6 lety +1

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

  • @paranoidpineapple1838
    @paranoidpineapple1838 Před 7 lety +125

    "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

  • @denki0001
    @denki0001 Před 5 lety +107

    Anyone watching this the day before the exam literally

  • @nlyon1773
    @nlyon1773 Před 7 lety +404

    Who else hates the new gsce?

    • @arsalkhawaja5865
      @arsalkhawaja5865 Před 6 lety +4

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

    • @musharrafmohamed5750
      @musharrafmohamed5750 Před 6 lety +6

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

    • @sassythesasquatch8006
      @sassythesasquatch8006 Před 6 lety +4

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

    • @aisha-maimanneh4752
      @aisha-maimanneh4752 Před 6 lety +2

      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
      @aisha-maimanneh4752 Před 6 lety +2

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

  • @daffytech8317
    @daffytech8317 Před 6 lety +82

    '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!

  • @ojj7401
    @ojj7401 Před 5 lety +135

    Anyone else here after getting relatively easy questions on Wednesday and now convinced it’s going to be tissue next week. :-/

    • @j.1985
      @j.1985 Před 5 lety +13

      Macbeth was "easy" but that made it hard to talk higher levels about it, i.e. kingship. The only bit of that I managed was how Duncan was supported, Macbeth turns to violence and supernatural. ACC was Gucci, that's what I predicted (albeit with the theme of Christmas instead of the supernatural as fear came up last year).

    • @shumairas1445
      @shumairas1445 Před 5 lety +7

      Romeo and juliet's question was easy
      so was jekyll and hyde
      but the extracts stole my soul and handed it over to the devil himself

  • @user-st3dn9fg2w
    @user-st3dn9fg2w Před 6 lety +85

    If you have him as a English teacher you are lucky

  • @silentfusion8449
    @silentfusion8449 Před 6 lety +254

    This poem shouldnt be at gcse level.

    • @dullah1700
      @dullah1700 Před 3 lety +4

      SILENT FUSION I agree with you

  • @mattlawton7720
    @mattlawton7720 Před 5 lety +44

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

    • @Dage-bl6ru
      @Dage-bl6ru Před 5 lety +4

      My money is on checkin out me history

    • @j.1985
      @j.1985 Před 5 lety +2

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

    • @smudge_mudge2994
      @smudge_mudge2994 Před 3 měsíci +1

      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

  • @twilightmaddd
    @twilightmaddd Před 7 lety +287

    Gonna need a tissue if this makes an appearance tomorrow

    • @elpanda6250
      @elpanda6250 Před 7 lety +9

      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

  • @lylahartnell724
    @lylahartnell724 Před 6 měsíci +6

    if Tissue comes up this year I will cry

  • @tommyscott1525
    @tommyscott1525 Před 6 lety +167

    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
      @fyodor8375 Před 6 lety +14

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

    • @mokmok2004
      @mokmok2004 Před 5 lety +4

      @@fyodor8375 makes a lot of sense🤥

    • @fyodor8375
      @fyodor8375 Před 5 lety

      Nihilism

    • @ali.h2308
      @ali.h2308 Před 5 lety +10

      Tommy Scott best rant ive heard 🤣🤣

    • @j.1985
      @j.1985 Před 5 lety

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

  • @Alex-mt7ks
    @Alex-mt7ks Před 5 lety +26

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

  • @jackthomas2983
    @jackthomas2983 Před 5 lety +27

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

  • @tiffanyknighton3856
    @tiffanyknighton3856 Před 5 lety +155

    Anyone else watching this a week before their exam??

  • @Happy81555
    @Happy81555 Před 5 lety +105

    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
      @nolimitdennis8730 Před 5 lety

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

    • @mrvmrv6894
      @mrvmrv6894 Před 11 měsíci

      xdddddddddddddddddd

  • @Matthatguy119
    @Matthatguy119 Před 2 lety +11

    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
      @gdnandatokorewa7989 Před rokem

      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

  • @inmate_i9208
    @inmate_i9208 Před 6 lety +16

    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.

  • @elenajackman7940
    @elenajackman7940 Před 7 lety +83

    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
      @ali.h2308 Před 5 lety +11

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

    • @edhfilms5238
      @edhfilms5238 Před 5 lety +1

      Same but I kinda get it now

  • @christianscottmcwall9963
    @christianscottmcwall9963 Před 3 lety +4

    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
      @christianscottmcwall9963 Před 3 lety +2

      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.

  • @zulzo
    @zulzo Před rokem +3

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

  • @trinidemships
    @trinidemships Před 7 lety +228

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

  • @sallyj577
    @sallyj577 Před 7 lety +123

    I really don't like this Poem.

  • @callumconner20
    @callumconner20 Před 7 lety +130

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

  • @mysticedits684
    @mysticedits684 Před 7 lety +115

    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

  • @Feraanmii
    @Feraanmii Před 6 lety +23

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

    • @mythicalhex3829
      @mythicalhex3829 Před 6 lety +8

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

  • @letitiataylor6253
    @letitiataylor6253 Před 6 lety +3

    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.

  • @mysmallpetshop8481
    @mysmallpetshop8481 Před 6 lety +20

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

  • @michaelwensner2475
    @michaelwensner2475 Před 5 lety +27

    Anyone watching this night before?

  • @jenni2032
    @jenni2032 Před 5 lety +17

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

  • @fatimahabibi907
    @fatimahabibi907 Před 7 lety +39

    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.

  • @willboothman4500
    @willboothman4500 Před 7 lety +40

    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

  • @olliehrt5659
    @olliehrt5659 Před 5 lety +15

    Night before paper 2? Yes please

  • @rezwanachowdhury9030
    @rezwanachowdhury9030 Před 5 lety +11

    Me watching this on literally the day of the exam 😭

  • @alchemy___x5544
    @alchemy___x5544 Před 4 lety +2

    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 :)

  • @roonieramshaw929
    @roonieramshaw929 Před 5 lety +4

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

    • @sparkto377
      @sparkto377 Před 5 lety

      This comming up and i have 5 days to revise this

  • @jasonvoorhees9117
    @jasonvoorhees9117 Před 5 lety +8

    My exams in 2 hours, here I am

  • @Xavier-gr7hz
    @Xavier-gr7hz Před 3 měsíci +3

    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

  • @diversedking5238
    @diversedking5238 Před 5 lety +5

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

  • @simchirubenstein8316
    @simchirubenstein8316 Před 6 lety +40

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

  • @Redhousereject
    @Redhousereject Před 7 lety +4

    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.

  • @yananneteoh9818
    @yananneteoh9818 Před 5 lety +1

    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.

  • @torak1298
    @torak1298 Před 7 lety +15

    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
      @alexandraharrison5360 Před 7 lety +1

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

    • @luizacoutinho2763
      @luizacoutinho2763 Před 6 lety +1

      Harry Sandiford True

    • @vesey986
      @vesey986 Před 5 lety

      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.

  • @morkandkookies
    @morkandkookies Před 7 lety +1

    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.

  • @katejolly9180
    @katejolly9180 Před 6 lety +1

    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!

  • @abigailalma
    @abigailalma Před 7 lety +40

    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
      @Airbug11 Před 7 lety +4

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

    • @abigailalma
      @abigailalma Před 7 lety +3

      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
      @Airbug11 Před 7 lety +1

      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
      @abigailalma Před 7 lety +1

      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
      @evabailey6068 Před 6 lety +1

      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!

  • @crystaltang5768
    @crystaltang5768 Před 6 lety +2

    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.

  • @williamtran9996
    @williamtran9996 Před 5 lety +7

    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

  • @joythelefty113
    @joythelefty113 Před 6 lety +5

    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.

  • @hannahsanderson3415
    @hannahsanderson3415 Před 3 měsíci +8

    anyone here today? day before lit paper 2?😭

    • @FlameWhiter
      @FlameWhiter Před 3 měsíci

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

    • @smudge_mudge2994
      @smudge_mudge2994 Před 3 měsíci

      👍 yep but won't be tissue most likely

    • @Xavier-gr7hz
      @Xavier-gr7hz Před 3 měsíci

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

  • @katiieproctor
    @katiieproctor Před 5 lety +45

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

    • @zillabignall
      @zillabignall Před 5 lety +1

      Literally me

    • @Anna-xw8rw
      @Anna-xw8rw Před 5 lety +2

      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
      @mybroski664 Před rokem +2

      @@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
      @gdnandatokorewa7989 Před rokem

      @@Anna-xw8rw they can just lower the boundaries

  • @italianalex8104
    @italianalex8104 Před 7 měsíci +1

    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!

  • @kenho03
    @kenho03 Před rokem +1

    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.

  • @sofiat3970
    @sofiat3970 Před 5 lety

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

  • @ahmedmustafa4978
    @ahmedmustafa4978 Před 4 lety +2

    We cause our own conflict is similar to how in London ‘mind forg’d’ we have oppressed ourselves the norm of social hierarchy is not real. ??

  • @evabailey6068
    @evabailey6068 Před 6 lety +7

    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 :)

  • @purplepetal2511
    @purplepetal2511 Před 4 lety +2

    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
      @mrbruff  Před 4 lety +1

      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
      @purplepetal2511 Před 4 lety

      @@mrbruff that's really helpful, thanks!

  • @zainubhussain260
    @zainubhussain260 Před 6 lety +9

    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.

  • @rubendevroomen2637
    @rubendevroomen2637 Před 7 lety +4

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

  • @fayehanson822
    @fayehanson822 Před 5 lety +9

    GCSE's 2019 anyone??

  • @hish1179
    @hish1179 Před 5 lety +1

    good luck 2morrow guysss!!!

  • @abbey_rose_
    @abbey_rose_ Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @yizzymelon6721
    @yizzymelon6721 Před 5 lety +6

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

    • @shumairas1445
      @shumairas1445 Před 5 lety

      AGREED
      paper one tHrEW Me OFf
      this will KIll Me

  • @ellacane1930
    @ellacane1930 Před 5 lety +1

    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!

  • @amyahearne7369
    @amyahearne7369 Před 7 lety +1

    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
      @mrbruff  Před 7 lety

      +Amy Ahearne thank you

  • @saragiardina9131
    @saragiardina9131 Před 7 lety +17

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

  • @livsandlils4089
    @livsandlils4089 Před 6 lety +20

    If this poem comes up tomorrow I stg😫😫😫

  • @elganm-r7327
    @elganm-r7327 Před 6 lety +4

    Here's a bit of analysis:
    In the poem the poet challenges the segregatory style of human maps and borders through the use of the metaphor, "The sun shines through their borderlines". This can be seen as a comment on the falsehood of man's imposition of power over nature, as the light is described as unaffected by it. The imperative nature of the phrase also challenges this, presenting nature as commanding and powerful.

  • @sachinsolanki7329
    @sachinsolanki7329 Před 6 lety +3

    Why would you ever dislike this video?!

  • @kieranediting2001
    @kieranediting2001 Před 6 lety +2

    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 .

  • @julianklepczarek6366
    @julianklepczarek6366 Před 3 lety +1

    This poem was influenced by the 9/11 so the poet is trying to say that if the koran is used in the right way (if you let the light shine through) then people who take the religion too far wouldn't exist and that the koran shouldn't be blamed for 9/11.

  • @_yom_3987
    @_yom_3987 Před 6 lety +1

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

  • @lilyannis9796
    @lilyannis9796 Před 7 lety +2

    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 :)

  • @alexmoat8906
    @alexmoat8906 Před 5 lety +6

    Can you imagine if Tissue comes up in Section 1 then an essay on Edna in Section 2

    • @jackmorgan4286
      @jackmorgan4286 Před 5 lety +1

      plz no

    • @the_cat_sandwich
      @the_cat_sandwich Před 5 lety

      and then we have to write about the Montague family relationship

    • @jaimelee3295
      @jaimelee3295 Před 5 lety

      Can you not scare me considering how easy paper 1 is that’s gonna come up now😵😵

    • @tyleranthony8273
      @tyleranthony8273 Před 5 lety

      Jaimelee literally dreading this

    • @jaimelee3295
      @jaimelee3295 Před 5 lety

      Tyler Anthony I’ve given up on English lit, it’s language what you need to pass. I’ll do fine on inspector calls

  • @-navi5238
    @-navi5238 Před 4 lety +1

    I don't understand why everyone is stressing about tissue coming up in June. If it comes up only 40% of students would probably know how to answer the question, the main outcome of this would be AQA lowering grade boundaries for the paper. This practically means everyone who scored at least 40 marks in the paper would mostlikley get a grade 5-6, and if you are watching this video the chances of you getting 40 marks or above are probably quite high.

  • @sallyj577
    @sallyj577 Před 7 lety +87

    Last minute revision 😭😭😭

    • @Michael-wt6jn
      @Michael-wt6jn Před 7 lety +3

      Yaasss J even later revision 😭😭😭😭😭

    • @benh2428
      @benh2428 Před 7 lety +1

      Kim Jung Un even later revision 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

    • @tobygreen8428
      @tobygreen8428 Před 7 lety +1

      Ben H2 even later 😂

    • @benh2428
      @benh2428 Před 7 lety +4

      Hey Cavster half term after tomorrow, fuck it 😂

    • @Michael-wt6jn
      @Michael-wt6jn Před 7 lety +1

      Ben H2 Fucking hate poetry

  • @user-ir2er8fn5f
    @user-ir2er8fn5f Před 6 lety

    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?

  • @henfc456
    @henfc456 Před rokem +4

    Exam tomorrow!

  • @zaccansdale31765
    @zaccansdale31765 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @tashalydia1806
    @tashalydia1806 Před 5 lety +4

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

  • @kevinlinton8191
    @kevinlinton8191 Před 6 lety +1

    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
      @haleemali9259 Před 6 lety

      lol me too bro, we will get through this!

  • @Izzy-wc5fo
    @Izzy-wc5fo Před 5 lety +2

    I GET IT !!! Thank you Mr Bruff

  • @voltshadowgaming633
    @voltshadowgaming633 Před 4 lety +2

    School: Closes for Coronavirus
    First online lesson:

  • @teamcori
    @teamcori Před 7 lety +4

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

  • @charlieelliott2294
    @charlieelliott2294 Před 6 lety +2

    You have to be the best CZcamsr ever thanks a trill

  • @amirmoore6795
    @amirmoore6795 Před 7 lety +4

    You convinced me to buy your E book.

  • @dmcgullwing5148
    @dmcgullwing5148 Před 5 lety +3

    why does my future in a job that has nothing to do with the power of damn tissues have to be squandered because some guy in the government decided that if i cant analyse a poem I cant do anything and am worthless to society cheers

  • @thinkublu
    @thinkublu Před 6 lety

    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.

  • @hannahheath2529
    @hannahheath2529 Před 5 lety +10

    Here's a scary thought: *tissue might come up in our exams*

  • @jonathanmelia
    @jonathanmelia Před 5 lety +2

    It should be on the A-level paper, not the GCSE one. It’s too ambiguous and ethereal for young people who don’t have a natural affinity for poetry.

    • @mrbruff
      @mrbruff  Před 5 lety

      It's definitely not an easy poem, but I wouldn't say it was A-level standard.

  • @ellabudgen7437
    @ellabudgen7437 Před 5 lety +1

    you've made me love this poem

  • @digitalhdgaming9553
    @digitalhdgaming9553 Před 6 lety +2

    If you watch at 1.5x speed, you don't have to revise for as long! :D

  • @finlaywilliams9010
    @finlaywilliams9010 Před 7 lety +5

    Shoutout to mr Newman

  • @iqraayaz6267
    @iqraayaz6267 Před 4 lety +3

    if buildings were made of paper then a whole of of trees have been killed