Mid-Term Break Poem by Seamus Heaney

The title of the poem is an example of

• Irony

• Forewarning

• Metaphor

• Paradox

Why did the speaker return home?

• Mid-term break

• A wedding

• A funeral

• To see his sick brother

What happened to the little brother?

• He was a victim to Covid.

• He died from an illness.

• He was sick.

• He got hit by a car.

Quote the line to conveys how distraught the speaker is.

• I was embarrassed/By old men standing up to shake my hand

• I sat all morning in the college sick bay

• In the porch I met my father crying

• as my mother held my hand/In hers and coughed out angry tearless sighs.

What are the themes in the poem? State all that apply.

• Loss of Innocence

• Rite of Passage

• Death

• Second Chances

Did the speaker see his brother right away?

• Yes

• No

"Snow and candles soothed the bedside" is an example of

• Personification
• Alliteration

• Symbolism

• Repetition

The speaker was embarrassed because

• He didn't know how to deal with the people talking to him.
• He did not know what was going on

• He was confused.

• He was not fond of funerals

Quote the line that tell us it was a quick death.

• Wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple

• He lay in the four-foot box as in his cot.

• No gaudy scars, the bumper knocked him clear.

• A four-foot box, a foot for every year.

What is the tone of the poem?

• Somber

• Serious

• Passionate

• Humorous