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Belfast Confetti LO: to understand the meaning behind the poem and the techniques that are used to reveal it.

Confetti

Belfast

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Belfast Riots

Famous Battles • Balaclava - The Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War • Raglan – Lord Raglan, commander at Battle of Balaclava • Inkerman - The Battle of The Inkerman was part of the Crimean War November 1854 • Odessa Street - The Siege of Odessa was part of the Soviet-German War in 1941 • Carson's use of the street names of Belfast that refer to these battles - "Balaclava, Raglan, Inkerman, Odessa Street" - underlines the violence of the Troubles.

Suddenly as the riot squad moved in it was raining exclamation marks, Nuts, bolts, nails, car-keys. A fount of broken type. And the explosion Itself - an asterisk on the map. This hyphenated line, a burst of rapid fire … I was trying to complete a sentence in my head, but it kept stuttering, All the alleyways and side streets blocked with stops and colons. I know this labyrinth so well - Balaklava, Raglan, Inkerman, Odessa Street Why can’t I escape? Every move is punctuated. Crimea Street. Dead end again. A Saracen, Kremlin-2 mesh. Makrolon face-shields. Walkie talkies. What is My name? Where am I coming from? Where am I going? A fusillade of question-marks.

How is language used to convey meaning? Writing Fighting exclamation mark riot

How is imagery used to create meaning? Quotation raining exclamation marks an asterisk on the map this hyphenated line stuttering a fusillade of question marks Image created