WorksheetsSeamus Heaney : Mid-term break
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 10mins
What is the name of the poet who wrote "Mid-Term Break"?
Seamus Haney
Simon Heeny
Seamus Heaney
Seamus Heeny
What age was the young boy's brother when he died?
3
4
almost 4
5
How do the people in the community support the family?
They help with making food
They give the boy a lift home
They send a card
They help mind the baby
What type of flowers are by the bedside?
Lilies
Roses
Daffodils
Snow-drops
The poem Mid-Term Break is about
A boy going home for the holiday but it is for a sad reason
People trying to deal with a tragedy in their own way
A young boy feeling who just lost his brother
All of the above
Why was the boy embarrassed?
because he forgot about the funeral
because the old men were getting up and shaking his hand
because he did not like the strangers
because he was driving the car that killed his brother
who is being described here
"In hers and coughed out angry tearless sighs."
His mother
His aunt
His father
His brother
The title of the poem is an example of
Juxtaposition
Forewarning
Metaphor
Irony
Which quatation shown a contrast of mood in the poem?
In the porch I met my father crying
Counting bells knelling
The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram
Wearing a poppy bruise
The repetition of /s/ is an example of:
"Counting bells knelling classes to a close"
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
How many times were the /s/ sounds repeated below?:
"Counting bells knelling classes to a close"
4
5
6
7
The repetition of /n/ is an example of:
"Next morning I went up into the room. Snowdrops
And candles soothed the bedside"
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
How many times were the /n/ sounds repeated below?
"Next morning I went up into the room. Snowdrops
And candles soothed the bedside"
5
6
7
8
The repetition of /f/ is an example of:
"A four-foot box, a foot for every year."
Alliteration
Assonance
Consonance
From which point of view was the poem written?
First
Second
Third
A stanza made of three lines is called
Terced
Tercet
Terset
