Imtiaz Dharker

LitCharts guides for works by Imtiaz Dharker

Explore LitCharts poetry guides for works by Imtiaz Dharker. Each guide offers line-by-line analysis, exploration of poetic devices, and helpful resources for studying Imtiaz Dharker's poetry.

A century later

Imtiaz Dharker's "A century later" celebrates (and mourns) young women who fight for their right to an education and who often meet with terrible violence from oppressive religious an... view guide

Blessing

"Blessing" appears in Imtiaz Dharker's collection Postcards from God (1997). It depicts the sudden bursting of a water pipe in a neighborhood where water is scarce. As a shower of mun... view guide

Imtiaz Dharker wrote "Honour Killing" in response to the 1999 murder of Samia Imran, a Pakistani woman whose parents killed her to prevent her from divorcing her abusive husband. In this ... view guide

Living Space

"Living Space" was written by Pakistan-born British poet Imtiaz Dharker. As the title might suggest, the poem describes someone's living space—that is, their home. Dharker has said th... view guide

These are the times we live in (I)

In "These are the times we live in (I)," British-Pakistani poet Imtiaz Dharker reflects darkly on discrimination and Islamophobia in the early 21st century. The poem follows a speaker (im... view guide

Tissue

"Tissue" was written by Pakistan-born British poet Imtiaz Dharker and published in her 2006 collection The Terrorist at My Table. The poem is an impressionistic meditation about paper, fo... view guide