In "to an Athlete Dying Young" A.E. Housman does a fantastic job with talking about how the guy was a terrific athlete and then slowly going into him dying young. It is a light subject that no one wants to talk about so they talk about the good more then the bad. A.E. Housman's sentence structure goes from easy to complicated just by the way he words the sentences and the words that he chose to say. For example "runner whom renown outran" and "and round that early- laurelled head". AE Housman describes the guy as a "smart lad" which indicates that he is young and smart. "Will flock to gaze the strengthless death" indicates that he died young. In the poem you find that the guy earns lots of praise and worship for winning the race and for just being an all around amazing athlete. Then when the athlete dies you find that everyone was there to mourn the loss of this great guy. A.E. Housman also established that no one broke his record and he still held the record when he died.
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May 2015
AuthorsFocused, determined, and a whole lot sassy: Mrs. Costisick's AP Literature students want you to delve into the ostentatious world of poetry with them as they augment their own understanding of some of the most famous writings known to us. No Dr. Seuss here. Categories |