'My first Sonne' and 'Mid Term Break'

... Azadhassan M K Gulamali English Literature- Poetry 'My first Sonne' and 'Mid Term Break' In this essay I will be comparing and commenting on the poems 'My first Sonne', by Ben Johnson and 'Mid Term Break' by Seamus Heaney. These poems are all a reflection on a close relative's death and portray the poet's emotions, feelings and thoughts. However while Ben Johnson loses a son Seamus Heaney loses a brother, from these poems we see two different types of emotions. Mid term break is an autobiographical poem written by Seamus Heaney when thinking back about the death of his little brother. 'My first Sonne' is also autobiographical, but is about the death of Ben Johnson's seven year old son. Despite the fact that both poems are about death the poets' emotions are very different, ban Johnson regrets loving his son and Heaney finds peace when he sees his brother once again. In life

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