Comparing Robert Frost's Out Out and Seamus Heany's Mid Term Break
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The subject of both poems is the untimely death of young people in
tragic accidents rather than sickness. Strangely both boys are killed
by machinery, the boy in "Out, Out-' by a mechanical saw and the boy
in "Mid-Term Break" by a car. Both poems describe the reactions of the
families to the deaths each of the families reacting quite
differently. Both poems talk about the deaths of young boys who have
older or younger siblings; one has at least one sister, while the
other has an elder brother and a younger sibling.
"Mid-Term Break" is written in the first person and is a far more
personal poem consequently the emotions expressed in it are much
easier observe and appreciate than in "Out, Out-' which is written in
the third person, distancing the reader and giving a much colder
perspective of the events.
"Mid-Term Break" is set in Northern Irelandwhile "Out, Out-' is set
"far into Vermont".
"Mid-Term Break" tells the tale of an older brother summoned home from
college because of the death of his young brother who has been run
over by a car. The main part of the poem is set in the family home,
prepared for the brother's funeral. The family is traumatized by the
event the parents suffering mostly the "father crying' - the mother
"coughed out angry tearless sighs". "Out, Out-' presents a different
death scene - far more sudden and unanticipated during the poem. A boy
working in a family's saw house is out helping by sawing down trees.
His sister calls him for food, shouting "supper" and as a result, he
slips and the saw cuts his hand. Surprisi...
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...ferent religions with the Protestants either keeping their grief to
themselves or merely accepting God's hand in the tragedy while the
Catholics find solace in an open display of grief and the comfort of
ritual such as the flowers and candles and lying in state of the
corpse in an open coffin for people to pay their last respects.
Alternatively it may hint at a completely different lifestyle; while
the family in 'Mid Term Break' seem to be quite well off, the family
in 'Out, Out-' may have to concentrate on survival and therefore have
to carry on eking out a living and do not have the time nor the energy
to mourn. I cannot truthfully say that I enjoyed either of the two
poems, but they both dealt with the subject of the sudden death of a
child in ways that remain with you long after you have finished
reading the poems.
A Comparison of Storm on the Island by Seamus Heaney and Patrolling Barnegat by Walt Whitman
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... life suffering, due to lack of responsibility, lack of knowledge, submission to another entity or just lack of wanting to have a better life. People that go through these situations are people who have not finished studying so they have fewer opportunities in life. All of the examples formerly given are examples of how people sometimes choose to live. They are getting accustomed to life as they might know it.
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...weak and want to shrink out of sight because there is no happiness in their world. There is no joy, no choice, and no individuality. If those qualities are not present in a life, then what is the purpose of living? In the council’s opinion the purpose of life and living is to provide for all of man (meaning to just work day in and day out) and not for oneself.
"Out, Out--" by Robert Frost is a poem about a young boy who dies as a result of cutting his hand using a saw. In order to give the reader a clear picture of this bizarre scenario, Frost utilizes imagery, personification, blank verse, and variation in sentence length to display various feelings and perceptions throughout the poem. Frost also makes a reference to Macbeth's speech in the play by Shakespear called Macbeth which is somewhat parallel to the occurrences in "Out, Out-."
father. He admires the times he had with his father, and seeing both of them walk in an
to survive and are left waiting for a person or thing to depend on for
Robert Lee Frost was a famous American poet who was always acknowledged for his vivid and unique writing style, which contributed tremendously into him becoming one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. Throughout his life, Frost has written many amazing poems but like the majority of poets at that time, many of his poems from his early writings went unnoticed. He was known for following a very well organized structure for his writing, a great example for this would be: “The Road Not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening”, which are two of Frost’s greatest pieces as they bring to the table all of his writing characteristics, ranging from the dominant figurative language that makes the poem vivid, to his flexible idealistic
“In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: it goes on” (Frost). These are the words of Robert Frost who was born on March 26, 1874. He was raised by his mother alone since his father died from tuberculosis when Frost was just at the age of eleven. He wrote extravagant poetry as he went through many road blocks during his journey in England. His poetry is read by millions of people all across the world inspired by his in-depth meaning of life through nature. His role in the arts of literature remains well-known not only in American writing, but in different countries as well, as it is analyzed for the difference in structure. Robert Frost is a well-known poet who made a tremendous impression in American literature by overcoming his many hardships, writing various famous works of poetry, and inspiring many modern-day poets.
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Prompt C I chose to write a reader response to criticism of the poem by Robert Frost “Out, Out”. I guess, I have a strange way of looking at things because this is not the first time I have a different opinion on what a poem or story means than the majority of the class. I don’t necessarily think everyone else is wrong, I just think I can justify my way of thinking. In “Out, Out” we as a class talked about how the boy had a terrible accident and died and how everyone then went back to work. I felt that it was more about nature and the destruction of the trees and forests.