C/W Comparing The Poems; On My First Sonne, Ben Johnson And Mid-Term Break, Seamus Heaney

... H/W Comparing The Poems; On My First Sonne, Ben Jonson And Mid-Term Break, Seamus Heaney. It has been said that having a child is the greatest gift in the World; therefore losing a child must be devastating. Both of the above poems describe the tragedy of a young child dying. In the poem 'On My First Sonne' The author Ben Jonson speaks about the death of his son, at the age of seven; 'Seven yeeres thou wert lent to me'. Seamus Heaney however describes the death of his younger brother some time ago, when his brother was just four years old; 'A four foot box, a foot for every year'. Also, in an attempt to increase the reader's sympathy, both poems reveal the child's age later on in the poem. Although there are various changes of mood throughout both poems, it is crystal clear that both poets want peace

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