The poem Mid-Term Break by Seamus Heaney is an incredibly deep poem about the loss of a loved one. "There is a dramatic irony to it that is noticed when read through a couple of times. It relates to the Child's position in that his life was broken short i.e. "Mid-term Break". It had not been completed." (1) The author leaves that information out until the very end, but there is an implication of something being wrong throughout the piece. "In the porch I met my father crying--/He had always taken funerals in his stride--/And Big Jim Evans saying it was a hard blow." (2) Finally, in the last sentence, "A four foot box, a foot for every year." (2) it becomes very clear that the child died. This was very sad for me. I was reminded of an incredibly difficult experience in which I was forced to...