Belfast Confetti

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GCSE Poetry < Edexcel Conflict Belfast Confetti Extract from The Prelude No Problem Exposure The Class Game War Photographer (Satyamurti) What Were They Like? The sentences are short and choppy, some just phrases, to imitate the irregular sound of gunfire and home-made missiles being thrown. The style used by Carson explores how the external conflict impacts his mind while he tries to pen down his thoughts. By reading this poem, one can easily understand the pain that the scene and the riot must have caused to the poet.

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Belfast Confetti creates a sense of place through the use of proper nouns close proper noun Refers to a person, place or the name of an organisation or brand. Some of our partners may process your data as a part of their legitimate business interest without asking for consent. According to him, it is just so impossible for him to find an escape because every road has a “Dead end again.This has the effect of strengthening the reader’s connection with the narrator and making his thoughts seem more pivotal.

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Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault] Agora Hills Now That We Don’t Talk (Taylor’s Version) [From The Vault] “Slut! When you have settled on a suitable poem, you should note down a variety of links between the poems. To view the purposes they believe they have legitimate interest for, or to object to this data processing use the vendor list link below. The hidden meaning behind his words means that even if he has escaped the riot and survived, he will never be able to get rid of the sight that he witnessed; the violent scene is going to haunt his memories forever. In this line, the phrase, “Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys” hints at the scrap metals used as weapons by the Protestants during the “Troubles” in Ireland.He has witnessed the death of several people right in front of his eyes, due to which he just can’t forget the violent memories. The poet has also used the present tense to portray a live scene of what he went through during the time he witnessed the violence. The “Saracen” is a reference to the tanks used by the riot police to disperse the mob from the situation. The word “stuttering” depicts how petrified he was when he saw the roads blocked and the hatred for each other, in the eyes of humans.