Poem Analysis: To An Athlete Dying Young

To An Athlete Dying Young
Just as the title sounds this poem is about an athlete who dies young. But throughout the poem A.E houseman looks at the brighter side of dying young because of how he will be remembered. As I grow older and more mature I examine how important fame has become to my generation. Everyday People do things in regards of that it will catch them a lot of attention and that possibility of fame where people envy them and want to be just like them. Now death on the other hand is a part of life that is inevitable and no man or woman can skip. So one would assume life no matter what level of fame is worth living through even if you die a nobody. A.E. Houseman’s purpose of this poem is to ask you the question of what’s more important to you the reader, Dyeing young as the man or woman of your time? Or does that mean nothing when compared to death? …show more content…
The poem starts on the positive side by talking about how this young man had won a race for his town in witch the town was so unbelievable proud of him for winning that men and boys cheered him on while they carried him home after being paraded around in the marketplace. Right there you see the people of his town see him as a hero. At that moment in his life he has accomplished such a feat that it almost sounds like it would be impossible to top. Now you don’t know what he really was feeling so it leaves you to believe he was happy and was enjoying the attention. This then leads into his