Mid-Term Break - Seamus Heaney On my first Sonne - Ben Jonson Which Ess

Mid-Term Break - Seamus Heaney On my prototypic Sonne - Ben Jonson Which metrical composition expresses the experience of grief best?On my first Sonne is a real direct way of expressing the grief thatoccurs when a child in the family dies. It is astir(predicate) the feelings thatBen Jonson goes through, and the poetry describes his emotions andthoughts in detail. On the other glide by, Mid-Term Break uses indirect slipway to portray grief, by describing events that happen after thedeath.Farewell, thou child. On my first Sonne openly addresses thedeceased boy in the poem. The poem is to him, and some him. BenJonson uses faith to help him through the bereavement. Biblicalphrases (child of my right hand, my sinne was and all his vowes)are scattered through the text. Jonsons thoughts are deeply Christian(thowert lent to me and the state he should envie).O, could I loose all father, now. here he candidly expresses hisfeelings by crying out to God. He speaks like blue murder about the grief he isexperiencing, and tries to reason with it as well by usingChristianity concepts, For why / Will man lament the state he shouldenvie?. He curses himself for putting too much love and faith intothe boy, some believing in him too much (my sinne was too much wantof thee, lovd boy).I think that On my first Sonne is a poem towards God and the deceased,but it is written for the comfort of Ben Jonson himself, to reassurehim about his sons death. The poem is very emotional, and veryinvolved.On my first Sonne uses a regular rhythm, with now and again rhymes.This creates a profound effect, and this in emphasised in certainplaces, for framework and I thee pay / Exacted by fate, on the justday. The regularity of the rhy... ... beat tothink about his brothers death, and then approaches his brotheralone. The phrase wearing a poppy anguish has overtones of death(poppies are associated with Remembrance day), but also the incident thathe is wearing a bruise rather than having a bruise indicates that heis not normally in that state, and the poet does not see him as such.The rhythm works best in this poem in the last(a) line, a four footbox, a foot for every course of study. The slow pace stresses the tragedy of theevent, and gives an insight into the mind of the poet, after he hashad a chance to think about it.In conclusion, I retrieve that the poem Mid-Term Break the experienceof grief better than On my first Sonne, because I prefer an indirectapproach to the emotions surrounding bereavement. The style of penningand context make it more modern, and makes it seem more relevant.