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Housman/to An Athlete Dying Young

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...offers an interesting perspective on a life cut short by tragedy. It begins by picturing the most glorious moment of a young man's life, as a crowd cheers him as their hero, having just won a great race. Then, the poet argues that due to the fleeting nature of fame and glory, the lad is fortunate to have his life end at its apex, rather than suffer through a slow decline in which he witnesses his youthful glory fade.
The poem consists of seven quatrains, each containing two rhyming couplets. The first two stanzas set the stage for the poet to discuss his viewpoint on the tragedy of the young athlete dying young. In the first stanza, he addresses the deceased athlete directly, reminding him of "The time you won your town the race/We chaired you through the market-place" (lines 1-2). Carrying the young man on a chair, everyone cheered him. Obviously this would have been a high point in the young man's life. The second...

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