"Mid-term break" written by Seamus Heany is about a death of a four-year-old sibling, which causes disruption on his brother's emotions. The poem is varied throughout the poem of being, prosaic and complex with poetic terms. This implies the frustration of the teenager, who just faced his younger brother's death, and had a taste of the bitter world for the first time. Also the mixture suggests that no one can sustain his or her emotions …showed first 75 words of 762 total…

…showed last 75 words of 762 total…malicious world appeals to him and he does not know how to control his emotions. His emotions shift from being very intense to relaxing. This is conveyed by the strategic structure of poem, continuously shifting from prosaic to complex format of the poem. Both losing someone special, and experiencing the cruel world can devastate a young child's mind. However, it is safe to say that this is one of the procedures of maturing and aging.