I am going to analyse two poems that we have been studying, 'The Early Purges' and 'Mid Term Break.' I will be comparing the two poems and look at the language used in them, both of which are written by Seamus Heaney

... Different Cultures - Poetry What do you see as the main similarities and differences between Seamus Heaney's two poems 'The Early Purges' and 'Mid Term Break?' I am going to analyse two poems that we have been studying, 'The Early Purges' and 'Mid Term Break.' I will be comparing the two poems and look at the language used in them, both of which are written by Seamus Heaney, a poet from Northern Ireland. He is an Irish Catholic and writes many poems. He writes mainly about childhood experiences that have happened in his own life. He has written about many other things like family, his own culture and theme of death, despair and community. There are many different cultures in the world. For example, these are what makes up a culture: language, traditions, religion, ethnic origin and dress code. I know Heaney is writing about culture because in the first poem 'The Early

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