Context

• Who wrote Belfast confetti?


  Ciaran Carson
• Summary of Belfast confetti?


  About troubles in Ireland

  Expressed fear and psychological tension

  Teaches consequences of conflict on society

  Punctuation used to imitate bombs
• Where was Ciaran Carson born?

  Belfast

  Adds to the relatability of the poem and authentic voice
• Common Themes in Ciaran Carson's work?

  Often writes about the troubles

  Political
• When were the Irish Troubles

  Late 1960
• Carsons' personal experience with the troubles?


  Lived through troubles

  Experienced what happened in Poem

  Narrowly missed death while being shot at in a taxi
• Issues of Irish Troubles


  Problems

  Class divides

  Religious divides (Catholic vs Protestant)
• How long did the troubles last?


  30 years
• How many people died in the troubles?


  Around 3,500 people
• What was violence in the form of during the troubles?


  Street fights

  Bomb attacks
• Connotations of the Title "Belfast Confetti"


  Plosives "Be" + "Co" - Reflects speaker's anger towards effects of troubles
• Annotations of "Confetti" in the title?


  Euphamisum of Bombs made by IRA

  Made of nuts and bolts used as shrapnel

  Juxtaposes Happy connotations of confetti