Imagery is defined as the words and phrases that describe the concrete experience of the five senses, most often sight. There are six different types of imagery that can be used in literature. Each one is meant to trigger one of the five senses of a human, and the sixth is intended to tap into the human sensations of feeling like hunger, or sympathy. The poem “Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney contains the use of three different types of imagery, to show the mourning and grieving of his four year old brothers death. As shown in the definition of imagery, visual imagery is the most commonly used one out of all six, and it is used very well in this poem by Heaney. He uses visual imagery the best throughout every aspect of this poem, with how he describes the speakers brother who has been killed in the accident. His description of when the corpse is being dropped off and the body being bandaged and stanched by the nurses, tells us that he wasn't able to see his brother, and that he is almost in disbelief of what has happened. Another example of Heaney using visual imagery is when he describes his brother when he actually does see him, and “Wearing a poppy bruise on his left temple,” with “No gaudy scars,” tell us that his body was not mangled and destroyed when the car hit him, but yet it still killed him. Auditory imagery is also used in “Mid-Term Break” in the opening line to describe how long the boy has been sitting there just listening to the bells bringing the classes at the school to a finish. While the speaker is sitting there waiting, listening to the bell it is building suspense and mystery of what is going to happen next in the poem. Another time Heaney uses of auditory imagery, is in the opening line of the third stanza as he describes the baby “cooed and laughed and rocked the pram”. He tells of this because of the baby laughing at the funeral, which shows that not all of the people at the house are being