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What are the main themes of the poem?
What is the structure of the poem?
What do you know about the culture of carpet weavers?
What happens in the first stanza?
What happens in the second stanza?
What happens in the third stanza?
What happens in the final stanza?
What does the line "the children are at the loom of another world" mean?
What does the line "they watch their flickering knots like television" mean?
What is the effect of the sibilance in "it will be spread by servants in the mosque"?
What does the line "the children are hard at work in the school of days" mean?
How might the line "the carpet will travel in the merchant's truck" hint at exploitation?
"Their braids are oiled and black, their dresses bright" - how does this line show a contrast?
Why does this line stand out: "Their assorted heights would make a melodious chime"?
Is Rumens criticising child labour in her poem?
Why might the poem be seen as ambiguous?
