The three poems 'On My First Sonne', 'Mid-Term Break' and 'Refugee Mother and Child' all explore the same theme, which are the emotions of love and loss. This conveys a sense of radical grief to the reader.

... Several of the poems you have read deal with strong emotions. Compare three of these poems, explaining what emotions are conveyed and how the poets achieve this. The three poems 'On My First Sonne', 'Mid-Term Break' and 'Refugee Mother and Child' all explore the same theme, which are the emotions of love and loss. This conveys a sense of radical grief to the reader. The poem 'Mid-Term Brake' discusses the delicate issue of a child's death. The poet Seamus Heaney uses many different linguistic devices in the poem to express all the emotion possible to make those who are reading the poem understand what it feels like loosing a small brother. In the very start of the poem a sense of sorrow is conveyed and some conclusions can be taken. For instance the boy that is in the boarding school is feeling lonely. The mood of the poem can definitely be found

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