1. A. E. Housman “To an Athlete Dying Young”

2. English poet and scholar He left Oxford without a degree because he had failed his final examinations. 1892 he became a professor of Latin at University College, London, 1911 professor of Latin at Cambridge and fellow of Trinity College. poet that he is best known, although only two small volumes appeared during his lifetime, A Shropshire Lad (1896) and Last Poems (1922) Struggled with his homosexuality and was shunned in a way. He kind of gave his life to his poetry and the Latin language. Ended up being a very sad man

3. 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. To-day, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town. Smart lad, to slip betimes away From fields where glory does not stay, And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose. Eyes the shady night has shut Cannot see the record cut, And silence sounds no worse than cheers After earth has stopped the ears: Now you will not swell the rout Of lads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's. To An Athlete Dying Young

4. The Meaning Its better to die than fade away o Poem focuses on local elite runner who dies in his prime o The poet comments on the stronger reaction of the townsfolk because his sudden death during his peak, rather than his retired years  Runner has gained eternal glory

5. Famous Deaths JFK-assassination Marilyn Monroe-overdose John Lennon-assassination Princess Diana-car crash Steve Prefontaine-car crash Heath Ledger-overdose Kurt Cobain

6. The Victorian Age Strict moral and social codes Fancy and modest dress Named after Queen victoria o 20 June 1837 to 22 January 1901

7. His verse is noted for its economy of words and directness of statement, pictures of the English countryside, and the fusion of humor and pathos. Iambic tetrameter- 8 syllables per line

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