Discuss your understanding of 'Mid-Term Break' by Seamus Heaney and 'Second Opinion' by Douglas Dunn. Say which of them most effectively conveys a sense of grief.

... Discuss your understanding of 'Mid-Term Break' by Seamus Heaney and 'Second Opinion' by Douglas Dunn. Say which of them most effectively conveys a sense of grief. 'Mid-Term Break' by Seamus Heaney is a poem about the tragic loss of a young boy. Heaney wrote it as a result of his own infant brother's (Christopher) death. Its content is dramatic and heart rendering in describing the feelings, emotions and reactions of Heaney himself, his relations and others post the tragic event. 'Second Opinion' by Douglas Dunn is another personal attempt, which is taken from Dunn's award winning collection of poems called 'Elegies'. Its content is again dramatic with an element of foreboding and portrays a husband's response and anger to the news that his wife has been diagnosed with cancer. This mirrors Dunn's real life tragedy, as his wife died from cancer in August 1981. Mid-Term Break The title, 'Mid-Term Break', is one of certain

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