Come Up from the Fields Farther and Belfast Confetti

Come Up from the Fields Farther and Belfast Confetti

In this essay I will compare the two poems, “Belfast Confetti” and

“come up from the fields farther” and show, how they show how they

covey the feeling of helplessness. Walt Witmens poem “come up from the

fields farther” was written in 1880, Ciaron Carson’s poem “Belfast

confetti” was written in 1985. War in both the poems, creates a

feeling of helplessness although they were written at almost 100 years

apart, and written about different wars, no matter what they do they

cannot change a thing. I will demonstrate how despite the differences

in time, both poems are very effective in exploring the theme of

helplessness.

In the poem, “Belfast confetti” the narrator in the poem is the poet

himself, though in “come up from the fields farther” the narration

changes from the daughter and the mother talking to the poet talking

himself. “Belfast confetti” title is both positive and negative. It is

ironic because Belfast is place of terrorism and war, yet confetti is

the stuff to celebrate happy times such as weddings.

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