Compare how reactions to conflict are shown in Futility and Belfast Confetti

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Compare how reactions to conflict are shown in Futility and Belfast Confetti

After analysing both poems the reaction towards conflict are shown in both different and similar ways. to begin with ‘Ciaran Carson’ uses various techniques in his poem to represent conflict, for example the title ‘Belfast Confetti’ initially suggests a celebration, however the phrase seems to pre dates the poem and refer to the screws, bolts and nails that were placed in the violent IRA bombs as shrapnel. The shape of this particular poem also shows the theme of conflict due to the rifle-like shape of each stanza creating images of those violent scenes at that time, whereas ‘Wilfred Owen’s’ poem futility does not resemble a specific shape which relates to the poem. However within the poem Futility other writing techniques have been used such as imagery were he mentions ‘Was it for the clay grew tall?’ which indicates the damaging results of conflict; ‘clay’ being used as a metaphor for the Earth-Gods creation, with the whole line referring to how god did not create us for all this conflict. From the way in which ‘Wilfred Owen presented his feelings in that one phrase is similar to that of the last stanza of ‘Belfast Confetti’.

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“My name? Where am I coming from? Where am I going?”

It’s as if the two poets are questioning themselves on why they are involved in this war and conflict and why the world has come to this with two communities destroying each other

Within both poems both writers use similar punctuation techniques, for example they both continue one sentence on to the next stanza creating a sense of anxion towards the reader:

“And the explosion

Itself – an asterisk on the map”

“If anything might rose him now

The kind old sun will know”

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The points made in this essay are apt and elements of language, structure and form are considered; however there is not nearly enough detail or points for a GCSE piece and the whole response needs to develop to cover more of both poems in detail. 3 stars