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Name. “Midterm Break” by Seamus Heaney Read the poem “Midterm Break’ by Seamus and answer the following questions [lol papedieaieieat cna tapbalieatpite quotations from the poem. Put the line number in parentheses after each direct quotation. 4. What qualities of this poem characterize it as an elegy? 2. Whatis a three line stanza called? 3. Describe the narrator. Support with specific lines from the poem. b. Who has died? How has this person died? 4, What is the mood? Support your answer with specific lines from the poem. 5, What is the theme of this poem? Why do you think this? 6. Find one word with a strong connotation and explain how it contributes to the poem. 7. What is the purpose of the lines “The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram / When I came, .. . “? (7-8) 8a. What is the final stanza about? b, Why does Heaney end with a one line stanza? What is the effect? 9, identity two teary devioss in the poem. Quote the passage and explain how the literary device contributes to the overall meaning of the poem. a. Literary Device 1: Passage: How the literary device contributes to the overall meaning of the poem: b. Literary Device 2: Passage: How the literary device contributes to the overall meaning of the poem: 7. What is the purpose of the lines “The baby cooed and laughed and rocked the pram / When | came, . . . “? (7-8) ‘8a, What is the final stanza about? b. Why does Heaney end with @ one line stanza? What Is the effect? 2. dent two terary devices in the poem. Quote the passage and explain how the iterary device contibutos t the overall meaning of the poem. fel a. Literary Device 1: Passage: ‘How the literary device contributes to the overall meaning of the poem: b. Literary Device 2: Passage: How the literary device contributes to the overall meaning of the poem:

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