BELFAST CONFETTI Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
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Context
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Poem written during the Troubles in Northern Ireland (violence between Unionists and Nationalists)
Personal experience of the conflict
2
Q
FORM
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Free verse - reflects the chaos of the riot
3
Q
STRUCUTRE
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In medias res
Two stanzas - irregular line lengths - reflects confusion of speaker
Enjambment and caesura – shows chaos
4
Q
QUOTATIONS
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“Raining exclamation marks”
“Hyphenated line, a burst of rapid fire…”
“kept stuttering”
“I know this labyrinth”
“Why can’t I escape? Every move is punctuated”
“Dead end again”
“Fusillade of question-marks”
5
Q
KEY THEMES
A
effects of conflict, individual experiences, fear
