1 – Define words:
Fount of broken type: something that distributes a broken type
Saracen: A combat vehicle used during the IRA attacks.
Kremlin 2 mesh: A type of tank used during the IRA attacks.
Makrolon face shields: A type of face shield typically used by riot police.
2- Simplified
The riot squad moved in, with shouting
An IED explosion then happens
Person unable to think, from the explosion.
Trying to escape, but dead ends.
Police, tanks and combat vehicles around.
Confusion of what is going on.
3- Language effects: Onomatopoeia, the words sound like the effects, such as nuts ,bolts, nails, keys sound harsh.
Metaphor of text and communication being violent, as the the explosions and gunfire are explained as punctuation, such as “the explosion itself, a asterisk on the map.
4- Context of the poem: The poem is set during the times of the IRA bombing attacks, and is about the explosions, and the on going events during the IRA bombings.
The author of the poem was born in 1948, Belfast, Northen Ireland
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