***THIS IS NOT AN ESSAY, BUT A SEMI-ORGANIZED LIST OF IDEAS ABOUT THE POEM*** q “Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney is a narrative poem about a little boy, Heaney’s brother, who dies when a speeding car strikes him. q Heaney walks the reader through his childhood day, and his emotions, when his brother died. q He often uses diction, imagery of death, grief, and peace, and structure to illustrate this day. q The first …showed first 75 words of 558 total…

…showed last 75 words of 558 total…the pattern of the three lines per stanza structure, indicating importance. q From this line, all of Heaney’s grief and shock can be felt, especially for a first-time reader who finds out it is a four-year-old boy whom has died. q Heaney used simple, yet skillful diction to provide imagery of death, grief, and peace. q Through his own experience, he effectively bestows upon the reader the emotions of suddenly losing a loved one.