Strongman by Tony Curtis and Mid-term break by Seamus Heaney :: English Literature

Strongman by Tony Curtis and Mid-term break by Seamus Heaney dealwith the orbit death of a family member. Compare both verse forms showinghow the poets introduce their subjects. Which verse did you prefer andwhy?One of the poets, Tony Curtis, is Welsh, whilst, Seamus Heaney isIrish. Seamus Heaney has grown up on a farm in Northern Ireland withhis brothers and his parents. The whole family has taken on the family melody of farming, while Seamus Heaney received an education. Bothpoets are still alive today.These deuce meters describe the deaths of a family member. The Mid-termbreak is the tragic death of Heaneys four-year-old brother and thepoem progresses over twenty-four hours. Strongman is describing theauthors strong, caring acquire who dies naturally in his net hour.While the Mid-Term trespass had an awkward and devastating mood theStrongman has a more positive outlook on the family members deathas it looks cover into the new(a)er, happier times. There are a fewother compa risons that can be made, whilst the Mid-Term Break is adeath that shocked people, the Strongman was a peaceful and painless toaccept death.In this essay I intend to look at the differences and similarities inthe poems.The first poem I intend to discuss is Mid-Term Break by SeamusHeaney. The title Mid-Term Break suggests the poem is about childrenas we consociate a mid-term break with school holidays. Other firstimpressions given in this poem relate to poor health or death. Werelate to this referable to the use of nouns such as sick bay and adverbsdescribing school bells as knelling. This could also be reflectingthe emotions of the child in the sick bay at this point we are notsure.The structure is interesting, because at first discern we see that ithas a regular pattern to it, which are three lines to for each one stanza.This possibly implies that the events that take place in the poem arepredictable. However, the utmost line is a stanza on its own, drawingyou to it and creati ng a large jar on the audience.In the second stanza an awkward atmosphere and tone is introduced. Thepoet meets his father crying this is one of the factors that makethis stanza awkward. Men in the days when this poem was written (1966)were stereotypically thought of as strong people emotionally andphysically, therefore, for the young poet to see his father crying onthe porch would have made him intent uneasy. Furthermore, the dash atthe end if each line causes the lines to flow as one sentence, this is