Mid Term Break The title mid term break gives us the idea of school holidays for Heaney however this period of absence from school was far from normal…. This is an incredibly sad poem. The mood is set almost immediately in the second line: Counting bells knelling classes to a close. Notice how Heaney uses assonance and alliteration to emphasise the funereal sound of the bells and the feeling of time dragging. The sentence begins …showed first 75 words of 843 total…

…showed last 75 words of 843 total…announce death. The tone of the poem is one of devastation and despair. Each word is conveying to the reader the enormity of the situation. This also touches our hearts as we dread the death of a loved one. To me this is a very interesting poem which shows how Heany tries to come to terms with the death of his younger brother this must had been a very painful experience for him. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**