To An Athlete Dying Young Analysis
A.E. Housman wrote “To an Athlete Dying Young” in 1896. Housman was born Valley House in Fockbury, a hamlet on the outskirts of Bromsgrove in Worcestershire, in 1859. Housman grew up in an era where sports wasn’t really prevalent. However, Housman’s poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” pays homage to the memory of an athlete dying young. His interpretation seem to be that it’s a great thing for an athlete to die young.
The death of an athlete who’s was in the prime of their career is always saddening, and no one is more evident of that than Sean Taylor. Sean Taylor the two time pro bowler who only played four NFL seasons before he was shot and killed in 2007. However, he may have passed, but his on the field legacy lives on to this day. A.E. Housman
The death of an athlete who’s was in the prime of their career is always saddening, and no one is more evident of that than Sean Taylor. Sean Taylor the two time pro bowler who only played four NFL seasons before he was shot and killed in 2007. However, he may have passed, but his on the field legacy lives on to this day. A.E. Housman