Tissue author?

Tissue author?

• A. Ted Hughes
• B. Seamus Heaney
• C. Imtiaz Dharker
• D. Carol Ann Duffy

Answer: (C)

Recognising the author comes from the voice and the ideas the poem explores. Tissue uses a gentle, reflective tone and imagery that treats everyday material—paper and tissue—as a powerful symbol for identity, borders, and the fragility of human plans. That combination—an interest in diaspora, how power is written and read on the world, and the delicate, almost intimate imagery—points to Imtiaz Dharker. She often writes about how cultures intersect, how maps and walls shape us, and how something as ordinary as paper can reveal big truths about life and power. The other poets listed typically foreground different concerns: Ted Hughes with primal nature and myth, Seamus Heaney with memory and history rooted in Ireland, and Carol Ann Duffy with modern voices and social themes. Their usual focus doesn’t align as closely with the blend of global perspective and fragile material imagery that defines Tissue, so the author is Imtiaz Dharker.

Recognising the author comes from the voice and the ideas the poem explores. Tissue uses a gentle, reflective tone and imagery that treats everyday material—paper and tissue—as a powerful symbol for identity, borders, and the fragility of human plans. That combination—an interest in diaspora, how power is written and read on the world, and the delicate, almost intimate imagery—points to Imtiaz Dharker. She often writes about how cultures intersect, how maps and walls shape us, and how something as ordinary as paper can reveal big truths about life and power. The other poets listed typically foreground different concerns: Ted Hughes with primal nature and myth, Seamus Heaney with memory and history rooted in Ireland, and Carol Ann Duffy with modern voices and social themes. Their usual focus doesn’t align as closely with the blend of global perspective and fragile material imagery that defines Tissue, so the author is Imtiaz Dharker.