Mid-Term Break
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"Mid-Term Break" is a poignant autobiographical poem by Seamus Heaney that reflects on a young boy's experience of family grief following the sudden death of his younger brother.
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
literary work
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Seamus Heaney NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralEvent | death of the speaker's younger brother ⓘ |
| closingLine | "A four foot box, a foot for every year." ⓘ |
| collection | Death of a Naturalist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Ireland ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1966 ⓘ |
| firstPublishedIn | Death of a Naturalist NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| form | lyric poem ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical poem
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elegy ⓘ |
| hasCriticalReputation | one of Seamus Heaney's most studied poems ⓘ |
| includedIn |
school curricula in Ireland
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school curricula in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| inspiredBy | death of Seamus Heaney's younger brother Christopher Heaney ⓘ |
| keyImage |
four-foot box
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poppy bruise on the brother's temple ⓘ snowdrops and candles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 34 ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| meter | predominantly iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first person ⓘ |
| narratorAge | schoolboy ⓘ |
| openingScene | speaker waiting in the college sick bay ⓘ |
| poetNationality | Irish ⓘ |
| poetNobelPrize | Seamus Heaney Nobel Prize in Literature 1995 ⓘ |
| publisherOfFirstCollection | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | unrhymed ⓘ |
| setting | rural Ireland ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 7 ⓘ |
| subject |
childhood
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death ⓘ family ⓘ grief ⓘ mourning rituals ⓘ |
| theme |
emotional distance and shock
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family dynamics in bereavement ⓘ loss of innocence ⓘ public versus private grief ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfEvents | mid-20th century ⓘ |
| tone |
poignant
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restrained ⓘ |
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