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A. E. HousmanHousman, addressing a dead young athlete, tells him that it is better to die at the height of his power and achievement than to fade slowly away through aging and death. He speaks directly to the...
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A. E. HousmanThe first stanza of this poem lists events in nature - thunder, earthquake, lightning - that are heard by the world, that could cause great destruction and upheaval, and that could certainly awaken...
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A. E. HousmanA.E. Housman's poem "Wake Not for the World-heard Thunder," is an elegy for a fallen soldier. It is a moving poem addressed to a dead soldiers whose death allows him the rest he needs and the...
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A. E. HousmanHousman's poem "Wake Not for the World Heard Thunder" is 3 stanzas of octaves with 8 lines per stanza. The lines are written in trochaic tetrameter. This means that the rhythm of the lines is...
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A. E. HousmanBoth poems do address death, but with very different approaches. The tone of “Wake Not for the World-Heard Thunder” is soothing, and death is a reward for hard work and courage. In 'Thou art...
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A. E. HousmanThe theme of this poen is homosexuality, friendship and lost love.
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A. E. HousmanI'll list the poetic devices Housman used, define them for you, and give you a few examples. Then you can look for more on your own. Rhyme: the use of similar sounding words, usually at the end of...
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A. E. HousmanIn the final two stanzas of A. E. Housman’s poem “Because I liked you better,” the speaker imagines that his one-time friend will someday pass near the mound (“knoll” [10]) of the...
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A. E. HousmanThe view of history seems to be that human beings do not change even though times and circumstances change. The cycles of life are commensurate with cycles of rage and difficulty. The poem...
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A. E. HousmanNo, not really. It is not really important to know anything about him. All we really know is that he was a person and that he stood in the same place that the speaker is standing now. It is not...
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A. E. HousmanWhat the speaker is talking about is the idea that all people share the same troubles and that all people's troubles come to nothing in the end. The speaker is imagining the feelings of a Roman who...
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A. E. HousmanEven though the speaker is young, he has lived long enough to acknowledge the speed with which time passes. The words “only” (line 7) and “little” (line 10) indicate his perspective, for...
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A. E. HousmanIf you mean "by what means" is time portrayed, it is portrayed by the image of the trees and their flowers. If you are asking what time is portrayed as, it is portrayed as something that is...
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A. E. HousmanIt means, basically, that life is short and you will soon die so have fun and enjoy your life while you can. In this poem, Housman is talking about how it seems like life is really short. The...
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A. E. HousmanThis very interesting and stirring poem by A. E. Housman, "On Wenlock Edge the Wood's in Trouble," is the poetic speaker's lament for his supposed fate. It is constructed as a double metaphor that...
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A. E. HousmanI would use two words to describe the mood in this poem. I would say that it is wry and wistful. In the poem, the speaker is sort of sadly amused at himself. He looks back at his attitudes back...
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A. E. HousmanIn this line (the last line of the poem) the word "whose" means "belonging to who." In other words, the speaker is telling the listener not to wonder which dead man's sweetheart he (the speaker)...
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A. E. HousmanThe first stanza simply is advice that is given to the speaker when he was 21. The advice was that he could give away his many and material possessions, but not his heart or his emotions. Those...
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A. E. HousmanFor Housman, "pain and suffering" are more closely related to emotional and spirtiual pain rather than physical trauma. In "To an Athlete Dying Young," Housman acknowledges...