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Analysis Of To An Athlete Dyin
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“To An Athlete Dying Young”
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,
Townsm ....
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....e laurels wither “From fields where glory does not stay and early though the laurel grows, it withers quicker than the rose” (ll. 10-12).
The poem takes place at the funeral of a young champion runner. Rather than join the others in mourning, the speaker is instead reflecting on how lucky the young athlete was to have died when he did, instead of lingering on outlasting the glory of his victories, “From fields where glory does not stay and early though the laurel grows, it wi.... |
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