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Poetry
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Mid-term Break by Seamus Heaney and In Mrs Tilscher's Class by Carol Ann Duffy "Poems can capture important moments in our lives" Discuss how the poets have described the ending of childhood innocence in at least two poems you have studied. I am going to analyse two poems which share the theme of the end of the era of childhood and children growing up. The poems are Mid-term Break by Seamus Heaney and In Mrs Tilscher's Class by Carol Ann Duffy. Each of the poets reflects on memories from childhood concerning important events which took place and marked the end of childhood as they knew it. Seamus Heaney is a Northern Irish poet, from a traditional Irish background, which I feel I can relate to. Heaney was born in N Ireland in Co Londonderry and later studied English at Queen's University in Belfast. Throughout his poetry, colloquial words and typical Northern Irish phrases are...
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