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Housman's "To An Athlete Dying Young"
Part one of term paper
A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young," also known as Lyric XIX
in A Shropshire Lad, holds as its main theme the premature death of a young
athlete as told from the point of view of a friend serving as pall bearer.
The poem reveals the concept that those dying at the peak of their glory or
youth are really quite lucky. The first few re ...
Part two of term paper ... of the poem tells of the athlete's triumph and his glory
filled parade through the town in which the crowd loves and cheers for him.
As Bobby Joe Leggett defines at this point, the athlete is "carried of the
shoulders of his friends after a winning race" (54). In Housman's words:
The time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market place;
Man and boy stood cheering by,
And home we brought you shoulder-high. (Housman 967).
Stanza two ...
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