Mid-Term Break Plog 3

In the poem "Mid-Term Break" by Hanney, the author uses mood and imagery to depict a sad story of life. The poem was written to show the sadness of everyone except for the author until the end when he realizes that even though he might not have known his brother very well, he still was his brother and felt grief for him.
Some of the images that occur are ones such as his father crying, and mother holding his hand with angry tearless sighs. This image shows that the mother was so upset that there were no tears left within her. The father crying that a strong man can be brought to tears. The corpse is stanched and bandaged by nurses which shows that that the way that the victim died was not pleasant. Throughout this entire beginning the author isn't sad just quiet.
The speaker wasn't sad just possibly in shock or indifferent to the events occuring this could be because he hardly knew his younger brother because he was gone at college and the little boy was only 4 years old. Also before this the boy was anticipating getting out of school to go on a nice break but is suprised to find that the case is opposite.
In the first part of the poem the speaker is refering to his brother only as "the" bedside and "the" room, and in the end of the poem the grief and depression of the entire situation strikes him and as he mourningly reflects he refers to the brothers things as "his" bed and "his" room.
Overall, this poem was very touching because of the fact that it was narrative and told a story as well as maintained good flow throughout the piece. The mood and tone were definately the most important aspects to this poem and it is what made the poem so sucessful.