Belfast Confetti Flashcards
Name a quote which presents the idea of entrapment
“All the alleyways and side streets blocked”
“Where am i going?”
Context of the poem
Poem describes the confusion, shock and horror following the impact of a bomb in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It comes from the speakers experience.
Name a quote which presents loss of sanity
“I was trying to complete a sentence in my head but it kept stuttering”
“Why cant i escape?”
Who wrote the poem?
Ciaran Carson
what does “suddenly as the riot squad moved in, it was raining exclamation marks” represent?
raining exclamation marks = bullets, debris, fragments of bombs etc
“fusillade of question-marks”
metaphorical bullets representing questions
“i know this labyrinth so well”
oxymoron which emphasises the idea that narrator is trapped. Conflict has altered Belfast.
“all the alleyways and side streets blocked with stops and colons”
actual punctuations used as enjambment, representing the bombs impact
