Swift's specific strategy is twofold, using a "trap" to create sympathy for the Irish and a dislike of the narrator who, in the span of one sentence, "details vividly and with rhetorical emphasis the grinding poverty" but feels emotion solely for members of his own class.
swˈɪfts spəsˈɪfɪk stɹˈæɾədʒi ɪz tˈuːfoʊld, jˈuːzɪŋ ˈeɪ "tɹˈæp" tə kɹiːˈeɪt sˈɪmpəθi fɚðɪ ˈaɪɹɪʃ ænd ɐ dɪslˈaɪk ʌvðə nˈæɹeɪɾɚ hˈuː, ɪnðə spˈæn ʌv wˈʌn sˈɛntəns, "diːtˈeɪlz vˈɪvɪdli ænd wɪð ɹɛtˈɔːɹɪkəl ˈɛmfəsɪs ðə ɡɹˈaɪndɪŋ pˈɑːvɚɾi" bˌʌt fˈiːlz ɪmˈoʊʃən sˈoʊlli fɔːɹ mˈɛmbɚz ʌv hɪz ˈoʊn klˈæs.