The four poets present death in many but different effective ways. In .MidTerm Break. by Seamus Heaney a young boy has died

... The four poets present death in many but different effective ways. In .Mid Term Break. by Seamus Heaney a young boy has died. It is written from the point of view of an older brother but this still makes this a very emotional poem because it is about a young boy having to deal with the fact that his four year old brother has been killed by a car. The poet presents death as being a very easy thing to happen, that the one .poppy bruise. could have killed this young child. Heaney uses many images in the poem so that you can almost feel the emotion that the family can feel. Personification and metaphors are used to create a calm and peaceful environment around the body. This death is shown as tragic but is not convey in a dramatic way. The poem is very peaceful. The body of the child was not hideously cut or dramatic, just a simple bruise.

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