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

Mid-Term Break - Seamus Heaney On my first Sonne - Ben Jonson Which poem expresses the experience of grief best?On my first Sonne is a very direct way of expressing the grief thatoccurs when a child in the family dies. It is about the feelings thatBen Jonson goes through, and the poem describes his emotions andthoughts in detail. On the other hand, Mid-Term Break uses indirectways to give 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 about him. BenJonson uses faith to inspection and repair 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 bluntly about the grief he isexperiencing, and tries t o precedent with it as well by usingChristianity concepts, For why / Will man lament the state he shouldenvie?. He curses himself for putting too much chicane and faith intothe boy, almost believing in him too much (my sinne was too much hopeof thee, lovd boy).I esteem 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 from time to time rhymes.This creates a profound effect, and this in emphasised in certainplaces, for example and I thee pay / Exacted by fate, on the justday. The regularity of the rhy... ... time tothink about his brothers death, and then approaches his brotheralone. The phrase erosion a poppy bruise has overtones of death(poppies are associated with Remembrance day), but also the fact thathe is wearing a bruise rather than having a bruise indicates that heis not norm ally in that state, and the poet does not see him as such.The rhythm works best in this poem in the final line, a four footbox, a foot for every year. The slow pace stresses the tragedy of theevent, and gives an brainstorm into the mind of the poet, after he hashad a chance to think about it.In conclusion, I believe that the poem Mid-Term Break the experienceof grief burst 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.