Ispahan Carpet - 1180 Words

Ispahan Carpet Ispahan Carpet explores the writer’s emotions and feelings about the children sitting in the hut all day, weaving with ‘unsupported bird-bones’. This would be somewhere in the middle east, as carpets are very well done there and done by hand which makes it very much more authentic and valuable. People who make these carpets are usually in poverty as they slave away in their huts for at least 6-8 months making one decent sized carpet. The poem describes what goes on in the hut and how sympathetic one would get as the poem then broadens views of the world and how this has an impact on the writer. The poem creates a view of inside the hut, and how a Persian family sits on ‘rough timber gallows’ to weave the carpets. The†¦show more content†¦The thought of having people walking, rubbing dirty feet on beautifully made carpets that take such an incredible amount of effort to make puts even more sympathy in for those children. The structure of the poem resembles something like a magnifying glass, looking closer and closer into the situation. The first stanza concentrates on the atmosphere and the people in the hut, going into the second stanza, the readers get a closer look to the children that are producing these carpets and how the resemble old women with their ‘unsupported bird-bones’. The third stanza goes deeper, it looks into the carpet and how much effort and precision goes into producing the carpet also the significance of ‘one hundred knots in the space of my thumb-nail’ really shows the readers how much sacrifice goes into one carpet. The fourth stanza, portrays the writers realisation of her life and how much more fortunate she is compared. The structure of the poem doesn’t just magnify on the situation but also on the readers as we empathise for the children. The importance of lines 18-20 really takes the poem into another view. â€Å"O, eyes whose whole horizon is the carpet†, the poem grasps the idea of these children just sitting there weaving and understands that since that making carpet is their only source of moneyShow MoreRelatedTabriz and Carpet1419 Words   |  6 Pages1. (a) - Riya Didwania Elizabeth Burge’s poem â€Å"Ispahan Carpet† is an extended metaphor which aims to compare the beauty of the traditional Persian carpet (known as the Ispahan carpet) to the appalling conditions in which the carpet makers are forced to dwell. The central theme of the poem is to emphasize on the exploitation of children which is prevalent in various parts of the world. This leads to the end of all the hope and optimism that ever prevailed in the lives of theRead MoreCharacteristics Of Agra Crafts1213 Words   |  5 Pagesconstitutes carpet weaving, zari-zardozi, inlay and marble carving (agra.nic.in). (Swaroop, 1996), elucidated in his book, that in olden times Indians considered handicrafts as the channel of liberation of souls. According to him handicrafts are the real expression of divine and physical prospects of the community. As stated in research report that at present there are 7200 small scale handicrafts units are functioning in Agra, which are providing employment to approximately 13000 Carpet, Inlay and