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What are the attitudes of the poets towards death and how do they use language to convey these views? Heaney and Donne
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... What are the attitudes of the poets towards death and how do they use language to convey these views? The first of the two poems 'Mid-Term Break' written by Seamus Heaney is about a boy who is taken out of school to attend his younger brothers funeral. This poem shows death as a traumatic experience. On the other hand the second poem 'Death Be Not Proud' by John Donne looks upon death as a means to a greater end and if you have faith then you will live forever and conquer death. The title of Seamus Heaney's poem 'Mid-Term Break' can be interpreted in many different ways. It can be seen as a literal title a break in the middle of term. This is ironic because when you think of a mid-term break you think of going on holiday and having fun, not going to your younger brother's funeral. Also the
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