Once you are death you lose every thing even your name, and by the time you are death your even your beloved onse that you spent ages with them want to to get rid of you and they don't use your name they will say when do we take the "body" to cemetery to church. so death dose not only takes your life away but it also takes your name away too.
"To an Athlete Dying Young" is a poem written in a form of elegy, which is a mournful poem that laments the death of a person. The poem reflects on the fleeting nature of fame and glory in athletics, and how dying young can preserve one's achievements and prevent the tarnishing of their legacy.
This person has a good handle on this poem. http://voices.yahoo.com/review-athlete-dying-young-4768330.html
The poet A. E. Housman wrote the poem "To An Athlete Dying Young," which reflects on the fleeting nature of glory and youth. The poem describes a young athlete who died at the peak of his success.
To An Athlete Dying Young was created in 1896.
One example of irony in To an Athlete Dying Young is the way death is viewed. Usually death is never viewed as a joyous or raptuous event, but here death is proven to be an advantage, as it helps the young athlete make his glory permanent.
examples of a symbol poem
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Well, I have a few: "Sympathy" by Paul Laurence Dunbar "A Dream Deffered" by Langston Hughes "The Weary Blues" by Langston Hughes "The Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Housman
I think it means "smart lad," because apostrophe addresses someone or something not physically present to the speaker. The lad (victor and winner) is dead so he cannot possibly be present while the speaker is talking. But im not sure xP
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A.E. Houseman
AA BBCC DD These are rhyming couplets reflecting the running however tetrameter is also used.