Strongman by Tony Curtis and Mid-term break by Seamus Heaney deal
with the subject death of a family member. Compare both poems showing
how the poets introduce their subjects. Which poem did you prefer and
why?
One of the poets, Tony Curtis, is Welsh, whilst, Seamus Heaney is
Irish. Seamus Heaney has grown up on a farm in Northern Ireland with
his brothers and his parents. The whole family has taken on the family
business of farming, while Seamus Heaney received an education. Both
poets are still alive today.
These two poems describe the deaths of a family member. The "Mid-term
break" is the tragic death of Heaney's four-year-old brother and the
poem progresses over twenty-four hours. "Strongman" is describing the
author's strong, caring father who dies naturally in "his final hour".
While the "Mid-Term Break" had an awkward and devastating mood the
"Strongman" has a more positive outlook on the family member's death
as it looks back into the younger, happier times. There are a few
other comparisons that can be made, whilst the "Mid-Term Break" is a
death that shocked people, the "Strongman" was a peaceful and easy to
accept death.
In this essay I intend to look at the differences and similarities in
the poems.
The first poem I intend to discuss is "Mid-Term Break" by Seamus
Heaney. The title "Mid-Term Break" suggests the poem is about children
as we associate a mid-term break with school holidays. Other first
impressions given in this poem relate to poor health or death. We
relate to this due to the use of nouns such as "sick bay" and adverbs
describing school bells as "knelling". This could also be reflecting
the emotions of the child in the sick bay; at this point we are not
sure.
The structure is interesting, because at first glance we see that it
has a regular pattern to it, which are three lines to each stanza.
This possibly implies that the events that take place in the poem are
predictable. However, the final line is a stanza on it's own, drawing
you to it and creating a large impact on the audience.
In the second stanza an awkward atmosphere and tone is introduced. The
poet meets his "father crying"; this is one of the factors that make
this stanza awkward. Men in the days when this poem was written (1966)
were stereotypically thought of as strong people emotionally and
physically, therefore, for the young poet to see his father crying on
the porch would have made him feel uneasy. Furthermore, the dash at
the end if each line causes the lines to flow as one sentence, this is
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