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“Mid Term Break” by Seamus Heaney and “The Lesson” by Edward Lucie-Smith.
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... In the course of this essay, I will be looking closely at the particular choices of language used by the poets, comparing the ways in which the poems are written, contrasting the feeling of Heaney and Lucie-Smith about the death of a relative and considering which of the poets are more successful in getting their feeling across and why? These two poems are about two young people facing up to the death of a loved one. The two poems are "Mid Term Break" by Seamus Heaney and "The Lesson" by Edward Lucie-Smith. The two poems are about two young boys facing up to the death of a beloved family member. In "Mid Term Break" it is Heaney's younger brother who dies in a car accident. In "The Lesson" it is Lucie-Smith who receives news of his fathers death. The poets are merely children when these traumatic events occur. These poems express
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