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

Mid-Term Break - Seamus Heaney On my archetypical Sonne - Ben Jonson Which numbers expresses the experience of grief best?On my first Sonne is a precise direct way of expressing the grief thatoccurs when a child in the family dies. It is nearly the feelings thatBen Jonson goes through, and the verse describes his emotions andthoughts in detail. On the other good deal, Mid-Term Break uses indirect shipway to portray grief, by describing events that happen after thedeath.Farewell, thou child. On my first Sonne openly addresses thedeceased boy in the rime. The poem is to him, and about 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 flat out about the grief he isexperien cing, 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, nearly believing in him too much (my sinne was too much forecastof 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 cause and I thee pay / Exacted by fate, on the justday. The regularity of the rhy... ... judgment of conviction tothink about his brothers death, and then approaches his brotheralone. The phrase wearing a poppy bastinado has overtones of death(poppies are associated with Remembrance day), but also the detail thathe is wearing a bruise rather than having a br uise 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 lowest line, a four footbox, a foot for every division. 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 intend 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 writingand context make it more modern, and makes it seem more relevant.