Belfast Confetti Flashcards
(4 cards)
Belfast Confetti context
- fictional bombing during period of conflict in Northern Ireland
- written by ciaran Carson
- Carson almost died when shot at in a taxi during the conflict
- divide between the Nationalists and Lotalists
- 3000 to 4000 people died during conflict
Belfast Confetti structure technique and quote
Enjambment
“It was raining/exclamation marks”
“It was raining” is a complete clause that is disrupted by the next line, ‘exclamation marks’ .
This creates a sudden unexpected break
This mimics the disruption of normal life.
They must be careful as conflict can break any time. The war keeps going on, the clause could’ve stopped but it didn’t.
Belfast Confetti form technique and quote
Free verse
“It was raining exclamation marks/ nuts bolts, nails, car keys”
Reflects disorder and unpredictability
City breaking like the poem
Lack of structure= Writer can’t make sense of the world around him
Belfast Confetti language technique and quote
Rhetorical question
“My name?where am I coming from?where am I going?”
Intense confusion and fear
Psychological impact
Unsafe to be true with your identity
Endless brutality made both sides united in violence
