belfast confetti Flashcards
Who is Cieran Carston?
a Belfast-born Northern-Irish poet
How do these poems link to conflict?
Theme 1- Disorder
How do these poems link to conflict?
Theme 2- Divided Society
How does this poem link to conflict?
Conflict in wartime
Reality of conflict
Memories of conflict
How is the poem structured?
The poem opens as the chaos commences,
What quote could you use to show this?
“I was trying to complete a sentence in my head, but it kept/ stuttering,”
What are the terms used to describe how questions is used in the poems?
emphasised through the use of interspersed questions
What quote could I use to show this?
“My name? Where am I coming from? Where am I going? A fusillade of question-marks.”
Why is metaphors used in the poem?
extended metaphor runs throughout the poem, which compares Belfast to a sentence that has been broken and blocked up by punctuation marks.
“Suddenly as the riot squad moved in it was raining
exclamation/ marks,”
