Belfast Confetti

Question 1

Name a quote which presents Mental Suffering in the poem.

Answer 1

‘I was trying to complete a sentence in my head but it kept stuttering’
‘Why can’t I escape?’

Question 2

Name a quote which presents a breakdown in communication in the poem.

Answer 2

‘A fount of broken type’

‘as the riot squad moved in it was raining exclamation marks’

Question 3

Name a quote which presents a sense of helplessness in the poem.

Answer 3

‘Why can’t I escape?’

‘Dead end again’

Question 4

Name a quote which suggests Belfast is a maze in the poem.

Answer 4

‘Why can’t I escape?’
‘Dead end again’
‘I know this labyrinth so well’
‘All the alleyways and side streets blocked with stops and colons’

Question 5

Name a quote which presents loss of identity in the poem

Answer 5

‘What is my name?’
‘Where am I coming from?’
‘Where am I going?’