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Contrast betweem 'Belfast confetti' and 'No More Hiroshimas'.
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CALEIGH GRAHAM CONTRAST BETWEEN BELFAST CONFETTI AND NO MORE HIROSHIMAS The similarity between these poems is fairly obvious. Both of these poems are about war. The situation of the authors however, are different. Ciaran Carson, author of 'Belfast Confetti' makes this poem very frantic and fearful as the poem is set in the present tense when he is actually experiencing war. James Kirkup however, has set 'No More Hiroshimas' partly in both present and past tenses. Although, the most dramatic part of the poem is set in the past. The author is not experiencing war during the poem, but remembering how much suffering it caused and how Hiroshima is still trying to rebuild itself and the community. The main themes in 'No More Hiroshimas' are sympathy and a numbing feeling of loss and emptiness. "It is right, this squat, dead place, with its left-over air." The themes for 'Belfast Confetti' is...
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