To An Athlete Dying Young Figurative Language

In the poem To an Athlete Dying Young; it conveys the message of when an athlete dies when running a race. When it says “And home we brought you shoulder-high” it is telling us that they carried the winner high. The speaker is addressing the people who the runner ran against and his family. This is a sad poem because it goes into detail about the runner’s funeral. This is also a

harder to read poem due to the language it uses and the style. Most of the poem is talking about the connection is about the runner’s life.

This poem shows figurative language. For example, “shoulder-high,” is referring to carrying above their heads. It also shows imagery. It shows this by saying “Man and boy stood cheering by.” By reading this you can imagine a man