Even though all poets are different, many have very similar backgrounds and also the poem that they have written has the same effect. The two poems and poets that I have chosen to compare and contrast are Seamus Heaney's 'Mid-Term Break' and Liz Lochhead's 'The Prize'. Both poets lives in the United Kingdom and has been living for a long period of time (1939-200?), this tells us some information about their past and their cultural …showed first 75 words of 977 total…

…showed last 75 words of 977 total…poems are memories of the poets and both are dispirited poems. There are also subjects that dealt with in only one of the poems as well. In 'Mid-Term Break' they are his family, the community and death. In 'The Prize' they are her students and death. In conclusion, I have found that 'Mid-Term Break' and 'The Prize' are two contrasting yet similar poems. The topics dealt with in each poem vary but some are alike.