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A. E. Housman's 'To an Athlete Dying Young'
Title: A. E. Housman's 'To an Athlete Dying Young'
Category: Literature / European Literature
Details: Words: 2060 | Pages: 8.8 (approximately 235 words/page)
A. E. Housman's 'To an Athlete Dying Young'
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 readings of 'To an Athlete Dying Young'
provides the …showed first 75 words of 2060 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 2060 total…so on. Well, this athlete was lucky. He
did not have to see his record broken, nobody took the fame that he
had earned, and he will always be remembered as one of the best in
his event. Another thing about his glory is that his fans will
always have the questions about how good he could have been, thus
will always be preserved as one of the best that ever participated
in the sport.
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