To An Athlete Dying Young Poem Analysis
On the outermost level the poem, “To an Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman, is exactly as it sounds. It talks about a young man that was athletically talented for some reason has died. The poem uses many good techniques to suggest, however morbid, that it good for famous people to die young.
The poem has a solemn mood, but it is possible to sense a bit of happiness as it recalls the athlete’s life. The first two lines of the poem say “The time you won your town the race / We chaired you through the market-place….” From this, It can be inferred that because this athlete has died so young that his glory days were still going on in the past few days. Line four says “…home we brought you shoulder-high.”, while line six says “Shoulder-high we
The poem has a solemn mood, but it is possible to sense a bit of happiness as it recalls the athlete’s life. The first two lines of the poem say “The time you won your town the race / We chaired you through the market-place….” From this, It can be inferred that because this athlete has died so young that his glory days were still going on in the past few days. Line four says “…home we brought you shoulder-high.”, while line six says “Shoulder-high we