Discuss the emotions presented in at least three of Seamus Heaney’s poems including “Mid Term Break”.

... Discuss the emotions presented in at least three of Seamus Heaney's poems including "Mid Term Break". Seamus Heaney has many different emotions littered throughout many of his poems. Strong emotions can be seen in the poems "Death of a Naturalist" "Blackberry Picking" "Mid Term Break" "Follower" and "Digging". In "Follower" and "Digging" Heaney displays emotions of admiration as he describes his father on the farm. Whilst in "Mid Term Break" he feels sadness as he writes about the death of his brother. In "Death of a Naturalist" he feels happiness and delight when collecting frogspawn but fear during an encounter with frogs and in "Blackberry Picking" he feels joy and happiness when he picks blackberries but pain and anguish when they rot. All these emotions are conveyed through the poems, which gives you a vivid encounter of Heaney growing up. Happiness is a strong emotion exhibited during Heaney's poems. This is evident

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