(An online version of this poem is available as a link on the left)
"To an Athlete Dying Young", by A. E. Housman, allows the reader to view an early death as an escape from seeing your life's glory slowly fade away and become forgotten, instead of something that is to be mourned.
*Answer and post these questions with a partner. Since there will be 2 of you, I expect you to talk it out and produce quality answers. Remember, identify yourself using your initials and class period. Also, make sure you type in Word and spell/grammar check before you post please.
Interpret and explain the significance of the following lines:
1."shoulder-high, we bring you home" (6) (see the 2 photos above)
2."And early though the laurel grows/ It withers quicker than the rose."(11-12)
3."Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man." (17-20)
What literary element is being used in the following lines and what is its purpose?:
4."Eyes the shady night has shut" (13) and "After earth as stopped the ears" (16).
Answer the questions below as thoroughly as you can using evidence from the poem to support your answers whenever possible:
5. In the lines:"The time you won your town the race/ We chaired you through the market-place;/ Man and boy stood cheering by,/ And home we brought you shoulder-high" the speaker talks about the athlete as if he is still alive? (this is called apostrophe) Why do you think this is?
6. In your opinion, when Housman calls him a "smart man" (9), does he mean that the young athlete killed himself? Or does he simply mean that he died of an illness, an accident, a crime, or war?
7. Is Housman right? Are those who accomplish a great deal and die at a young age remembered? Or is it those who live a long life of accomplishment that remain in our/the public's memories?
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If you finish, read the article link to left "Remembering Len Bias" and complete the following response based on his life and early death:
1. Who was he and what happened to him?
2. How can his life and death be related to the Houseman poem, "To An Athlete Dying Young"? Do you think this is the type of person the author was writing about?
KF VD Period 1
ReplyDelete1) The last time they carried him on their shoulders, they were carrying him celebrating his victory. Now that he has died, they are carrying his casket on their shoulders.
2)It means when you have young success it fades away quickly.
3)He died at a young age so he will never have the chance to make a name for himself again. Five years from now, no one will remember him because they will be celebrating the victories of the newest athlete.
4)Line 13 is a metaphor because it compares death to night. Line 16 is a simile its comparing afterlife to not being able to hear.
5)He talks like he is still there because he is still the town top athlete. He is still the newest victor in the town.
6)"Smart lad, to slip betimes away from fields where glory does not stay" He killed himself because he wanted to be remembered as the top athlete and wanted his title to stay with him and not fade away.
7)Those who accomplish goals and die at a young age are remembered because people look at it as a tragedy. Instead of you getting older and other people take your place, people wont remember you. You'll just fade away.
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1.“shoulder high, we bring you home”
That’s what you do to the winner after they won whatever athletic competition they’re doing. That’s what they did after he won the race to show the winner excitement and their own prize.
2.“and early the laurel grows/ It whithers quicker than the rose”
His excellence/success in athletics had grown quick quickly, His career had grown quite swiftly, but was interrupted it seems to go faster than it came. It was lost quickly because he got it at an early age.
3.“Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom reown outran/ And the name died before the man.”
He was not going to be like the rest of them, whom ran until it got old, until it died out for them. Their names had seem to loose recognition before they died. They’re 15 minutes of fame had worn out before they did.
4.“eyes the shady night has shut”- Meaning death, that he died, or death was near.
“After earth as stopped the ears”- After death you cant hear any disappointments, Earth stopped you from knowing anything new or heard of you, silence had become of him.
5.This has two meanings. It is talking about how he was a great athlete and how he was victorious. But it’s also saying that even after death he is still a winner. He didn’t let fame chew him up-and-spit him out. As they do for winners they carry them on their shoulders after they’ve won. Same happened the day of his funeral, they carried his casket shoulder high because he was still a winner. Or he was killed because he was achieving so much at a young age. I feel as if he is speaking to him like he is still alive because his accomplishments make him still there and remembered in the publics eyes.
6.I think that he either killed himself because of the pressure and he was scared of his glory days fading away. Or that he died of an illness and did not put a fight to keep his life. He let death take a hold of him because he new everything would not stay the same forever. His fame was temporary can be taken away.
7.I think it could be either I don’t agree, nor I disagree. I think it depends on the degree of accomplishment that you achieve. Depending on what you do and how it impacts the public will judge if you will be forever remembered or not. Many that do accomplish a great deal are indeed killed because of jealousy or their succeeding at their task and someone does not want them to grasp that greatness. Many great leaders of all directions seem to die young, because they have done what they needed to do.
1.“Shoulder-high, we bring you home” refers to him being carried out on his loved one’s shoulders in a casket.
ReplyDelete2."And early though the laurel grows/ It whithers quicker than the rose" means that he was young and victorious.
3."Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ and the name died before the man" means that he went before his time was over. Still being young he still could have accomplished a lot more.
4.Personification.
5.Because even though he has passed, people of the town remember him as always being a winner.
6.I believe Housman was being ironic when he stated that the athlete was “smart”. And when he says “to slip betimes away” put the blame on the athlete so that makes me conclude that he committed suicide or maybe he was involved in something that caused him to be killed
7.Yes I do believe that Housman is right, just because you’re young and dead doesn’t mean that your accomplishments, winnings, and awards shouldn’t be remembered. They also lived and achieved goals like others living among us.
*B.M. Prd 1
M.T and J.G. period:1
ReplyDelete1. The athlete still has his glory even though he has passed.
2. There saying that the success doesn’t last long it goes very quickly just as it came. This is significant because there’s going to be another athlete that’ll come along make everyone forgets about the subject f the poem sooner or later.
3. You won’t die when your honors have run out, you’ll die before your honors run out and you can still be remembered
4. The literary element is personification. It’s purpose is to show us that the athlete probably died of natural causes.
5. I think he did this because the athlete’s legacy is still alive even though he isn’t.
6. I think he says that because he passed while he was still on top and when his records and things will be broken he won’t be able to hear them so he won’t know the feeling of disappointment .
7. I think for the most part that it all depends on what type of accomplishments were made because you have some older people who are remembered more than the young and vice versa so it all depends on what they accomplished. Whether or not it helped someone or changed someone’s life.
1. This means how the first brought him home from achieving and being a hero and now they bring him "home" to rest in peace.
ReplyDelete2. When your crown and achievements are gain quickly it usually dies away quickly but being young it stays with you longer.
3. He will not be the same as people that wore out their titles before they were gone.
4. The uses of imagery and personification show how death is upon him.
5. Because he is dead they still let his name live on.
6. I think he called him smart because that he just so happen to die at a point when he was at his peak of achievements.
7. I think that he has made it be as if you have been a good person all your life and being young when you pass away you hold you worships and glory from other people to where your name lives on as being a legend.
-D.K. Per 1
no your wrong
Delete1."shoulder-high, we bring you home" as if he was an hero to the town and the people cheered him on as he brought the town glory.
ReplyDelete2.laurel grows symbolizes as an young athlete growing up but "it wither quicker than the rose" the rose is dieing which means the athlete is dieing.
3.The speaker in the poem is trying to say if you die in your prime people will remember you of your glory instead of dieing when your old and your a nameless person.
4.The speaker is using personification, death is a natural thing but not dieing young.
5."The time you won your town the race/ We chaired you through the market-place;Speaker state dieing young in your prime rather than dieing old.Everybody will remember you young because that is what people remember you by when you died.
6.When he calls the athlete smart he means basically it was not on purpose dieing young just a natural cause.
7.Dieing young is a great thing when you are athlete with many achievements, i think dieing young you will get remember more because the public will have more sympathy and honor for you.
KB per.1
1. The sign of glory and pride of what he has done and accomplished that's what he's remembered by
ReplyDelete2. Its dying before it gets a chance to whiter so as it gets older it does die and then gets forgotten
3. When he was alive he wore his awards proudly and was remembered by what he had done and after he died his fame didn't go away as fast as his name did
4. Imagery personification mood....its purpose is to show how peaceful it was for him to passed away without no harm to how he died
5.he feel as though he still alive...the spirit he feel inside is what he still remember as a good person and wants to tell him how he felt
6. He simply means as him being a "smart man" that his death wasn't his fault and what he had won was something he was smart about
7. When you die young u have a lot to be remembered about because what he accomplished was something with dignity and when you’re older it was alre4ady said and done forgotten before they died
D.C. M.R. 1ST PERIOD
1.that they are going to bring the runner back to his home town to do his funeral and carry him out shoulder high to show the respect they have for a good athlete.
ReplyDelete2.even though he is dead his legacy will still grow and it will spread faster around town then a rose will take to grow.
3.the speaker wish that he would of died in his prime because he would of felt the pain of nobody knowing who he was because when you are old nobody remembers.
4.that death is about to be upon him and there is nothing you can do because death is a natural thing.
5.the first time he won his town race he was known by everybody and now lives on as a legend because they were at the finish line cheering and congratulating him for his achievement.and he is still being talked about around the town because he was very young and accomplished many goals.
6.i think he called him smart because he died at an early age and people will remember a young man that was a very good athlete than an old man who has no more skills.
7.i think that dying at a young age is better because when your young you do and break records but when you start to get older you start to slow down and not be as athletic as you were when you were young
j.s p.1
Sabrene Salem
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1. When the poem states "shoulder-high, we bring you home" it shows that this young athlete was a legend. He was great at what he did and the people loved him for it. They are showing that they support him and will always remember him for the things he’s done.
2. Well a laurel is something worn on the head as an emblem of victory. I think “And early though the laurel grows” means that at a young age he was able to achieve victories. But when the poem says “it withers quicker than the rose” I think it means that if you achieved a lot of victories when you’re young you will me remember longer and it’s harder for them to forget you because you died so young. As a pose to an older person who’s name would die down before they did.
3. “Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/” means to me that you will not ware your name out because when you die young you are still fresh in the minds of your fans. You haven’t lived long enough for them to say that your old news. “Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man" meaning old athletes are easier forgotten than a younger athlete because the older you get the more you body is unable to do certain things you were able to do when you where younger so get closer to retirement.
4. The literary element is personification and it is being used to represent night and earth as a person. "Eyes the shady night has shut" meaning that this athlete is already dead and is not around to see his record being put down in the books or someone trying to break his record. "After earth as stopped the ears" the athlete cannot hear the cheering or the sadness of the crowd because he is gone. So if he has disappointed his fans by his death, he’s not able to hear them anyway.
5. I think that the author looked up to this athlete and thinks of them as if there still alive. The time you won your town the race/ We chaired you through the market-place” sounds like the author is asking him “do you remember when ...” The author has an everlasting memory of this athlete that he doesn’t want to let go. The author doesn’t want to believe the athlete is gone. “And home we brought you shoulder-high" seems to me like they were close because when someone wins, the first people to run down to you are your family, friends, and team mates.
6. In your opinion, when Housman calls him a "smart man" (9), does he mean that the young athlete killed himself? Or does he simply mean that he died of an illness, an accident, a crime, or war?
6. When Housman calls him a "smart man” its sound like he did kill himself to let his achievements live on before they died out. But I personally think he died of an illness or accident because a man who has achieved so much and had so many fans in my opinion wouldn’t want to kill himself ruining his reputation.
7. I think Housman is right to an extend because when you are young you are remembered for your accomplishments but as you get older you achieve so much more than what you started off as. So maybe you done something nobody else could as you got older, you will be long remembered for that.
Lewis m. 4/14/11
ReplyDelete1. In the quote “shoulder-high, we bring you home” It shows how much they respect a young dying athlete that has accomplished so much but it so sad he had to leave so young.
2. “And early though the laurel grows/ it whithers quciker than a rose”.. And all this quote is saying that he grew as an athlete but he didn’t get to finish growing because he died so young.
3. ."Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man." Means that he was a young remarkable person who time has passed but he will always be honored for his achievements.
4. Personification
5. The reason these people still talks about this athlete as if he’s still alive is because they think that his spirit and drive is or always will continue on.
6. When Housman calls him a "smart man"; I think he is implying that he was a smart who will be honored though he died from an accident.
7. Yes, I do believe that his accomplishments will always be remembered because he was a man who was dedicated to this sport and a growing ahtlete so his time here will always be remembered.
1."shoulder-high, we bring you home": when he first won the race, they carried him home on their shoulders. Then the second they mentioned it, they was carrying him on their shoulders to his funeral.
ReplyDelete2."And early though the laurel grows/ It whithers quicker than the rose.": its talking about how the boy grew and became good at the sport. He grew into fame with his friends and family. But it slowly withered away when he died. They didn’t expect him to die as quickly as he did.
3."Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man”: this means he’s not going to lose his fame because he died to quickly for It to run out. But they forgot about his name before he even died.
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Endia A. Baxtron
ReplyDelete1. The significance Of line 6 "Shoulder-high we bring you home" is just as the brought him shoulder high to celebrate his victories, they are now bring him shoulder high to lay him to rest.
2. The significance of lines 11-12 "And early though the laurel grows, It wither quicker than the rose" is Something that took so long to grow leaves us so quickly.
3. The significance of lines 17-20 Is basically his name is no longer important and no one remembers him as a champ as he is getting older.
4. The literary element being used is a personification.
5. I think the narrator is trying to still hold his name in glory even though he is gone. Basically even though it seemed we didn't remember you then, we remember you now.
6. From reading the whole poem I can infer that he killed himself because no one remembered him as a champion.
7. I can agree and disagree. Because there are champion who doesn't participate the that sport anymore but are still remember. Then again some people's legacy does not always live on.
1. When they say shoulders high, we bring you home he saying how they carried him in his casket on their shoulders, they taking him to god.
ReplyDelete2. He saying as quick as it came it left even quicker.
3. He saying now they bury him to rest.
4. Personification
5. Because it is similar to how they put him on their shoulders when he won the race.
6. To me he saying it like he died from an illness or something.
7. Yes he is right because even if you only do something really good and great for one day people are going to remember you no matter how long or short it took you.
Iesha Jefferson & Dacia Kimble
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1) The significance of him being put shoulder high by his loved ones show how important he was to them. They carried him high when he won his home town race and when he died to show that even though they had lost him he was still a winner in their hearts.
2) Even though early in his life he became a winner of something him and his friends was proud of, the fame or importance most likely would not have lasted as long as they expected.
3) He will not be among the multitude of athletes who live long and were forgotten when they could no longer perform. Fame and glory outran these athletes, so their name dies before you physically do!
4) Personification
5) So the reader could use their imagination to see what he was like when he was alive and also to show the memories of his life.
1.In the first stanza the writer briefly explains how he won the race and everyone was carrying him for his victory. Then in the second stanza they are carrying him on their shoulders by the Paul Bearers. This athlete was remembered for his amazing attributes as an athlete.
ReplyDelete2.This quote is trying to prove that he was good at what he did and he was proud of himself, an everyone else was to, but when it’s gone it relates to a rose dying because after it dies it can’t come back.
3.The quote "Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man." This is saying that this guy was a very good athlete, but died too young for people to actually notice that he was a good runner. Sometime in the future someone will rise over him an they will forget about this athlete.
4.Personification
5.Because he wants’ people to recognize how good of an athlete that he was, he doesn’t want his name to die out.
6.I don’t think that athlete killed himself; he may have died from an illness.
7.Sometimes when you die young people may remember you for a couple years, but when you live a long life people would want to tell their grandchildren about them because they accomplished more goals in their lifetime.
KL. Pd .2
Marissa O'Heir
ReplyDelete1)When they say shoulder high we bring you home, there saying he is home in peace, he’s shoulder high like when he gets a win during the race. There using comparision to show that he’s home at last by being shoulder high just lke the picture show. I think with this death I think there using respect by lifting him high just like in his sport he played.
2) It can b related because he died young with achievement by his side, but it doesn’t last forever and always be ready for negative happen.
3)He died at a very young age but blessed with a good name, with talent he has in running, since he died young he can’t move forward and be recognized as much as he wanted, or be famous as he wanted to be.
4)Line 13 is a metaphor because it’s using comparsion between dealth to night,meaning death when he dies and death was close now line 16 is a simile also they can be personfication because it’s talking about life how it can change.
5) They say that because he is the best in town, he was a great athlete that will be remembered for his skills and being the top best.
6) Honestly I think he killed his self because he has all this stress build up inside. Also I think he had stress because he was the best, then sadly he lost his name, faith and gave up and wanted to died cus of it.
7) Those who die young always usually die with a great name. But they always are remembered and carried by others words.
MCO
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1)When they say shoulder high we bring you home, there saying he is home in peace, he’s shoulder high like when he gets a win during the race. There using comparision to show that he’s home at last by being shoulder high just lke the picture show. I think with this death I think there using respect by lifting him high just like in his sport he played.
2) It can b related because he died young with achievement by his side, but it doesn’t last forever and always be ready for negative happen.
3)He died at a very young age but blessed with a good name, with talent he has in running, since he died young he can’t move forward and be recognized as much as he wanted, or be famous as he wanted to be.
4)Line 13 is a metaphor because it’s using comparsion between dealth to night,meaning death when he dies and death was close now line 16 is a simile also they can be personfication because it’s talking about life how it can change.
5) They say that because he is the best in town, he was a great athlete that will be remembered for his skills and being the top best.
6) Honestly I think he killed his self because he has all this stress build up inside. Also I think he had stress because he was the best, then sadly he lost his name, faith and gave up and wanted to died cus of it.
7) Those who die young always usually die with a great name. But they always are remembered and carried by others words.
LD Period 1
ReplyDelete1."shoulder-high, we bring you home"
When he is alive this means that he is viewed in a glorified manner because of his accomplishments and even though he has passed he will be in a better place.
2."And early though the laurel grows/ It withers quicker than the rose."
This means that the time it took him to reach his full potential in longer than the time it took him to die.
3."Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man."
This means that shortly after he won't be remembered for his accomplishments anymore.
4."Eyes the shady night has shut" and "After earth as stopped the ears"
Both lines are personification and they are saying that his time has come.
5.He talks about him as if he's still alive because he's there in spirit and because he is still a victorious winner after death.
6.I think when Housman calls him a "smart man" he is implying that he killed himself because he wanted to be remembered for what he did in his glory days.
7.Those who die young and accomplish goals will be remembered because their death will be considered tragic but I feel as if those who live a long life of accomplishment will be remembered for a long time too.
1."shoulder-high, we bring you home"
ReplyDeleteAnswer: “shoulder high” mean they was celebrating his victory for winning and “we bring you home” means he’s dead now and they’re carrying him in tha casket on they shoulders and taken him home to rest in heaven.
2. “And early though the laurel grows/ It whithers quicker than the rose."
Answer: this means the young athletic had great potental growing but it got tooken before it was his time to go.
3."Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man."
Answer: this means since he died young he couldn’t accompish more then he wanted to make his self famous because he didn’t live that long.
4. "Eyes the shady night has shut" (13) and "After earth as stopped the ears".
Answer: Personification and this mean it was his time to leave earth.
5. In the lines:"The time you won your town the race/ We chaired you through the market-place;/ Man and boy stood cheering by,/ And home we brought you shoulder-high" the speaker talks about the athlete as if he is still alive? (this is called apostrophe) Why do you think this is?
Answer: I think this is because he probly at his commentary the day of the funeral speaking on how much of a legend he was before he pasted away.
6.In your opinion, when Housman calls him a "smart man" (9), does he mean that the young athlete killed himself? Or does he simply mean that he died of an illness, an accident, a crime, or war?
1. The significance of the repetition of that line is lucid. In the first stanza the writer is stating that in honor they bring the runner home shoulder high and happy. In the second stanza, there is a slightly different meaning to the line. Instead of in honor, they bring him home dead in his casket. In both stanzas he is being honored, but in one he is being honored for winning and the other the celebration of his ‘home going’ is being honored.
ReplyDelete2. This line is basically stating that any life you have should be appreciated. Though you may have happiness and victory here on earth like the runner did, after he died, so did his fame and honor for being a runner. Now it is time to put ‘roses’ on his casket, while his laurel withers along with his victory.
3. I believe this line is saying that his name will live longer than he did unlike many runners whose careers were cut short before their death. He has died in his fame, where most will live in fame and die a nobody.
4. Personification
5. The speaker talks about the runner as if he is still alive because his legend seems to have made the runner immortal to him.
6. It sounds like he speaker is saying that the runner killed himself... for someone to be referred to as ‘smart’ or ‘stupid’ because of their death, they may have had something to do with it. If it wasn’t up to the runner whether he lived or not, how could he be called ‘smart’ for ‘slipping betimes away’?
7. In all honesty, most aren’t honored until after death so those who have accomplished much in a short time are remembered a lot more because their death was so sudden and their life so short. Many, who accomplish a lot and are still with us, go unappreciated until they are dead.
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Michael Serena Needs to do MORE work!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDelete1. They said shoulder high to show their honor and respect for the young athlete after he won and died.
ReplyDelete2. The laurel represent his life as he grows but he died early like a rose.
3. He died in his glory days before his name was forgotten.
4. Personification was used to tell how he could no longer hear the cheers.
5. The speaker chooses to speak like this because it’s for the athlete’s eulogy.
6. I think he died as an accident.
j.c & n.k 6/7
1. The athlete still has his respect even though he has died.
ReplyDelete2. Their saying that the success doesn’t last long it goes very quickly just as it came. This is significant because someone will take his athletic spot.
3. your honors running out will not cause you to die, but when you die you will still be remembered by your honors.
4. The literary element is personification. It’s purpose is to show us that the athlete probably died of natural causes or even maybe overdose from to much partying
5. I think he did this because the athlete’s legacy is still alive even though he isn’t.
6. I think he says that because he passed while he was still on top and when his records and things will be broken he won’t be able to hear them so he won’t know the feeling of disappointment .
7. I think for the most part that it all depends on what type of accomplishments were made because there are some elder people that could have made those records before and you just re-made them.
kb ms period 6/7
1. In the first picture is describing how they bring him home cause congratulate him on his tremendous victory in the race and they were proud of him, and in the second picture they describe how they bury him cause he died and they are caring him on their shoulders.
ReplyDelete2. This line basically describe how his moment of greatness happens so fast his death comes faster.
3. In this line it describes how even though he dies very young, he died with honor and went out with a bang, instead of dying without being known.
4. This is using personification, and its purpose was to show how being dead saves him lack of cheers when everything dies down.
5. I honestly think that the speaker talks about the athlete like that because he shows how when he won the race is was if it was the runners greatest time and he enjoyed the great moment as if its was his own.
6. I think that runner died in a accident that was not his fault and he died at the prime of his life.
7. I think that people who accomplish a great deal of things and die at a young age are remembered cause they die at the peek of their lives and with some type of purpose. Anthony S. PER.6
1.As the pallbearers raise his casket on there shoulders its like sending him home up above.
ReplyDelete2.He had a good athletic career but died young.
3.He achieved a lot of goals while he was young and when he died he was honored.
4.Personification
5.Because he want people to recognize how good of an athlete that he was. He wants his name to live on.
6.I don’t think that athlete killed himself he may have died from an illness. I think it deals with pressure, stress, and maybe drugs.
7.When you die young people may remember you for a couple years, but when you live a long life people would want to tell stories about their accomplished more goals in their lifetime.
WC and JW period 9
D.D & J.M per.9
ReplyDelete1. We think “Shoulder high, we bring you home” means during a victory they are carried away victoriously on the shoulders of their fellow team mates but when he is in a casket he being carried away to his grave, his new home in heaven.
2. “And early though the laurel grows/ It whithers quicker than a rose” means that first your young, vibrant and alive but he didn’t live a long live like he was supposed to.
3. "Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man." means he will never be washed up athlete because he died young.
4. "Eyes the shady night has shut" (13) and "After earth as stopped the ears" (16). The literary element is personification. The purpose is to give human qualities to unhuman things to prove a point.
5. We think the speaker talks as if he is alive because even though he has passed away he will never be forgotten and everyone still appreciates him for winning the race.
6. He is implying that he means that the young athlete died in an accident, crime or war because at first he is saying how great the athlete is and how everyone cheered for him and we don’t think if the athlete killed himself the Housman we speak so highly of the athlete.
7. We think that if you accomplish a lot of goals and die young you will be remembered longer because more people will remember you and pass the story on through generations.
D.S Period 9
ReplyDelete1.) The first shoulder high in the poem is referring to a time when he had a sports victory and he was placed upon his team mates and fans shoulders. The second shoulder high in the poem is referring to when the pallbearers carried his casket on their shoulders.
2.) The laurel and the withered rose are referring to a victory that would have soon been forgotten had he not died at an early age. Now he will be remembered.
3.) This means that because the athlete died his fame won’t die out before he does. Had he live he would have been forgotten.
4.) Personification is being used because the night doesn’t have eyes and the earth doesn’t have ears. This is giving human-like qualities to an inanimate object or thing.
5.) I believe that author personally talks to the athlete because he believes that his spirit is there and that his spirit can hear him.
6.) I think he is calling him smart because he killed himself before he could be forgotten.
7.) I think that those who die young are remembered more because usually people who accomplish great things mess up by doing something wrong or against the law then they are remembered for what they did wrong.
Tiyantae Bush
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1. “Shoulder-high, we bring you home” in the first picture this symbolizes people holding the athlete on their shoulder after a victory. The second picture symbolizes them mourning him as they bring him out in his casket on their shoulders after his death.
2. "And early though the laurel grows/ It whithers quicker than the rose." This quote means if the athlete wouldn’t of had so many victories, he would of slowly died off and not be remembered. But since he was so famous at the time he died, he will allways be remembered by many people and he was young. Basically he died to early and people were so shocked.
3. "Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man." This quote means that the young athlete will not be like the rest of the athletes that were famous for a while but they were already forgotten about before they passed away. Their names died out before they did. But this athlete will not because he died durring this time of fame for him.
4. "Eyes the shady night has shut" this is simmilar to the personification literary element.
"After earth as stopped the ears" this is simmilar to the personification literary element also.
5. In the lines:"The time you won your town the race/ We chaired you through the market-place;/ Man and boy stood cheering by,/ And home we brought you shoulder-high" the speaker talks about the athlete as if he is still alive? (this is called apostrophe) Why do you think this is?
I think this is a comparison of the good times the people had with the athlete v.s the sad time they shared when he passed. All they can say is good thing about this man.
6. When Housman calls him a "smart man", I think this means that the athlete must of knew he was dying or must of caused his death. He calls that smart because the athlete must of knew that he was gonna be remembered by many if he would of disappeared at such an ironic time.
7. Is Housman right? Are those who accomplish a great deal and die at a young age remembered? Or is it those who live a long life of accomplishment that remain in our/the public's memories?
The houseman is right because its better to die in the years of fame then to die a couple years after fame. A person will already be forgotten about by the time they die. But if they die real early in their career, of course their names will be remember because its like their still fresh in the game.
Tiyantae Bush
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1. Who was he and what happened to him?
Len Bias was a young man who had got accepted to the Celtics basketball team 48 hours before his death. He died of young age from a cocaine overdose.
2. How can his life and death be related to the Houseman poem, "To An Athlete Dying Young"? Do you think this is the type of person the author was writing about?
His life can be related to the poem because he was very young and talented and only wanted the best for himself. His death can be related to the poem because he dies so suddenly jus like the young athlete. I think that they were the same type of people because they died out of nowhere. Maybe the young athlete died of overdose just like Len did; maybe he killed himself in another way. But both of these poems led me to think these young men killed their selves, weather it was on purpose or by mistake.
1. This means his brought by home after his death.
ReplyDelete2. He was a champion in his youth and as time passes his victory moments fades away.
3. His fame won’t fade away because he accomplished numerous victories so he’ll be remembered after his death.
4. It’s a metaphor because death and night are being compared to each other as death.
5. He is remembered because he was the town hero at that time and because he was important to the town.
6. I believe he died by illness. As the poem says from fields where glory does not stay meaning that he wasn’t in his prime anymore so he couldn’t compete. Then in the poem it says it withers quicker then the rose meaning his health is slowly given up on him.
7. He is right. In today’s society we only remember those who have accomplished something important today. People who died at a young age are never remembered for their accomplishments.
Period 2 J.M. & J.D.
D.D. Period 1
ReplyDelete1.)It means that their carrying him in a casket on the Paul Bearers' shoulders, this time he didn't win,yet he is still being carried.
2.)It means even though you get glory fast,it goes even quicker.
3.)He died young and not long after the glory that he did have so,neither the glory nor his name will be remembered.
4.)Line 13 is a metaphor,because shady night is being used as a example of death.Line 16 is a simile, because "earth has stopped the ears" is being compared to the afterlife.
5.)First of,he's speaking to him because he's talking to him,in a spiritual way,sort of telling him how great he was. also how great he still is,because that is a memory, a memory of his glory or success.
6.)He meant it as he killed himself,they boy rather have died and let his legend live than be alive and let his glory die.Therefore i think the authors purpose of writing this is to just say you success is still alive,you didn't die for nothing.
7.)No,I disagree because i think the people who are successful young and die are remembered because of such a young death is viewed as a tragedy, but they use the memories of his/her success to let them live in a spiritual,metaphorical way.In quote of a great movie,The Sandlot,"Heroes get remembered,legends never die" ,explains enough,suicide isn't helping anyone.
AA PR.3
ReplyDelete1)It means the carriers going to take him to his grave.
2)It means that's it better to die in your young glory days then die old and be no one.
3)It means that his name died out with him as a runner because its always going to be a new one.
4)because he wanted people to recognize how good of a runner he was.
5)I think they talk about him to be alive because the memory's they share well never die so that means the runner is not.
6)I think he killed himself because he had alot of stress
7)yes I agree because if i was in his shoes I would like to be remembered
IESHA & DACIA
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1) "Do not go gentle into that good night" and "Rage, Rage against the dying of the light".
2) The reading is upset and sad because he does not want his father to die.
3) RHYME
4) Thomas is not accepting death as an option.
Tajahnay Brown
ReplyDelete1.) It means that now they’re getting ready to bury him.
2.) I think this means that he was succeeding quickly and then dies quickly.
3.) This means that all that fame of an athlete doesn’t last long after your dead.
4.) Personification is the literary element described in these lines.
5.) He uses apostrophe because he misses him and is just reminiscing about all the good times they may be shared.
Tajahnay Brown
ReplyDelete1.)I think when he looks at the picture that he gets a sense of feeling about how he use to love her but yet very controlling and selfish.
2.)I think that it fit the criteria because he uses a tone that he trying to pursue you that he really loved her but it was kind of her fault that she was killed but trying to keep it anomous that he really killed her and why.
1."shoulder-high, we bring you home" (6) (see the 2 photos above)
ReplyDeleteThis means usually that he was the player like the hero of the day who was the main reason of his/her team winning
2."And early though the laurel grows/ It whithers quicker than the rose."
This means success at a young age usually doesn’t last long it will eventually die out
3."Now you will not swell the rout/ of lads that wore their honors out, / Runners whom renown outran/ and the name died before the man."
This means that he died early so that his name really won’t be remembered because he was too young too make a name for him
4."Eyes the shady night has shut" (13) and "After earth as stopped the ears
The literary element shown is personification and it shows that he can’t witness his record being broke nor can he hear the crowd silence after his moment because he is dead
5. in the lines:"The time you won your town the race/ we chaired you through the market-place; / Man and boy stood cheering by, / And home we brought you shoulder-high" the speaker talks about the athlete as if he is still alive? (This is called apostrophe) Why do you think this is?
Because even thoe he is gone they are still honoring him to show that he is still a hero too them
6. In your opinion, when Housman calls him a "smart man" (9), does he mean that the young athlete killed himself? Or does he simply mean that he died of an illness, an accident, a crime, or war
I don’t think he killed himself because he had too much good going on for himself too commit suicide
Brazil p6/7
ReplyDelete1)they mean in the 1st photo there talking about victory and it a good thing like an honor but the 2nd photo is there carrying him on their shoulders cause he died. But in both he is being honored.
2) They mean he got success at an early age so it faded quickly. And with the time it took for his fame it was more than his death...
3) He died at a young age so he didn’t really have the chance to make his name as he would if he was much older.
4) It uses personification and imagery. That it was natural and shut his eyes and stopped his ears, how peaceful it is after he died....
5) They talk about him as if he was alive because he lives inside their hearts and the town...and he’s still known for the runner of the town.
6) I think he said he was smart meaning the way he died wasn’t an accident and that he just couldn’t handle the pressure. He knew his fame wouldn’t last so he ended it by ending his life...
7) He is somewhat right. I believe that if you accomplish something young it’s remembered depending on what your accomplishment was. But yes, it’s more remembered if you've done a life time of accomplishments
1. This means when he first won a championship they lifted the him over there shoulders, as a champion, and the second time they lifted him over there shoulders it was in a casket this time as a dead champion.
ReplyDelete2. It means that he picked up an early championship in his sport when he was a live, and if he didn’t die his victory and championship would have withered away and soon to been have forgotten.
3. It means his fame and championship would have died out before he did. Everybody would have forgotten his name and what he did in his sport to win his championship. He would never have been remembered and carried on through talk while he was alive only when he is dead.
4. The literary element being used is personification.
5. I think that the author still addresses the athlete as if he was still alive because of his spirit he still thinks that he is still present even though he is dead.
6. I think the author is calling him smart because, he might have killed himself to have people remember his accomplishments that he has done in the world of sports. Because when he was alive no one really remembered him as being important, because his fame was fading away rather quickly.
7. I think Housman is right because, it goes hand and hand people tend to remember other people or superstars anyways. If they accomplished something while they were alive people are still going to remember what they did. As well as if they were dead, people would still remember what they did. It doesn’t need to be a whole scene of remembrance. But I guess it’s all in the people of what they choose to remember and not choose to remember.
n.b. per.9
Tianna Hill & Jonathan Negron
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1. In this stanza ‘’Shoulder-high, we bring you home’’ means that there was a young athlete that just was victorious in his sport. When he won everyone was over joyed so they lifted him up in the air on their shoulders. Then he was lifted in the air again but in a casket. so he had the best of both worlds
2. ‘’And early though the laurel grows/ it whithers quicker than the rose means if he didn’t die he would have never been remembered as a great athlete.
3. ‘’Now you will not swell the rout/of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/And the name dies before the man’’ means that because he died him being famous will not fade away because he didn’t ware his honor out.
4. “Eyes the shady night has shut’’ is a metaphor because it compares death to the night. "After earth as stopped the ears" (16) is personfication because it’s talking about life how it can change.
5. I think that even though he was victorious and a champion his name lived on even though he didn’t but it’s the fact that people look at him as a champion. So his fame still lived on and was a great athlete.
6. No I don’t think he killed himself. It seems like he had a sudden death and he didn’t know he had a illness .
7. I think its both ways. When a young athlete accomplised something good that everyone loves is sad to see them go so far but not live on for it, and those who accomplished in the past are also still remebered because it makes people look back on who they were and what they had going for them in the past.
JM&DD Per 9
ReplyDelete1.He was a famous basketball star and he died of cocaine intoxication.
2.He had the potential for greatness at the pro level and he ended up dying from an overdose so I think this is the type of person that Housman is referring to because it happened unexpectedly and he will be remembered forever for the type of athlete he was and for his character and greatness.
B. W
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1. "shoulder-high, we bring you home," this means that he is returned as a champion, even though he is dead
2. "And early though the laurel grows/ It withers quicker than the rose." It means that he will be forgotten even though he is a champion.
3. "Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man." It means he died with honor, instead of being faded away
4. Using personification
5. "The time you won your town the race/ We chaired you through the market-place;/ Man and boy stood cheering by,/ And home we brought you shoulder-high, it means that even though he is dead that he is still a champion and his legacy will be remembered in his town
6. I think he means he had a unexpected death that shocked everybody.
7. Yes because people who are younger when they died never get a chance to achieve their goals and when are dead at a young age is thought to be a tragedy
. They carry him with pride because of his victory as an athlete. As the athletes home going is celebrated they carry with him with pride due to his life accomplishments.
ReplyDelete2. Although the branch of the Laurel expands, it will soon come to a point in which there is no more life.
3. Distinction from everyone else. Their legends died out before they did.
4. Symbolic of being put to death.
5. The speaker is reminiscing of the times shared when he was alive.
6. In my opinion he killed himself because of the way the houseman stated it “Smart lad, to slip be times away. From fields where glory does not stay…” meaning it was best to die because the worry of victory lasting is died with the athlete but his name and legend lives on.
7. Those who not only accomplish a great deal for themselves but give back to communities and help others, they are forever remembered.
T. Branch per.9
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1) They state that they hold him shoulder high twice. The first time is when they are celebrating a victory for this athlete and the second is when they are caring him as a pall bearers.
2) The “laurel” represents how victorious he was and how he began a successful career early within his life. The next line states how it “whithers quicker than a rose” this employs that his career ended rather quickly.
3) This next line from the poem states an advantage of dying young; how his name will be remembered with glory and honor. This is not the same reality for other athletes who are forgotten and loss their shine.
4) The literary element that is being used is called personification and it is being used to describe how the athlete has died.
5) In the lines:"The time you won your town the race/ We chaired you through the market-place;/ Man and boy stood cheering by,/ And home we brought you shoulder-high" I think the speaker is reminiscing about a good friend and by using the word “you” he makes the poem more personal and comforting.
6) I believe that when the speaker calls him a “smart lad” this indicates that he may have committed suicide. I think the speaker feels that the athlete is lucky to have died young because he lived a good life and his name will be remembered.
7) I think it depends on the amount of things that this person has accomplished during his or her life time; whether they are young or old. Their legacy will live on and people will remember them if they are truly great.
TORBERT
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1)he is said to be shoulder high twice, because he is held up in victoryat one point and then held up by six men named paul when he dies
2)."And early though the laurel grows/ It withers quicker than the rose. he seems to have a certain glow about his self, after he shows his athletic superiority by winning the race. after his death his flame of life withers away in to nothing .
3)3."Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man." seems to glorify his life eventhou his it was cut short, his name will alwys be a statement
4)."Eyes the shady night has shut" is a metaphor because it compares death to night, it also shows imagery with eyes shut and the darkness. "After earth as stopped the ears" is a simile its comparing afterlife to not being able to hear.
6)Housman is trying to be sarcastic by calling him a "smart guy" , due to him dying for a dumb reason
5)in this passage, it means the man still holds the dead mans up in victory as if he was still alive
7)it can go either way , it just depends on what that person did or how love he received from his peers before-hand
1."shoulder-high, we bring you home"
ReplyDelete-this is said because they did this as an honor to him receiving some type of recognition for his accomplishments.
2."And early though the laurel grows/ It withers quicker than the rose."
-an example of 15 mins of fame. his nobility and fame died out way before his soul did.
(3."Now you will not swell the rout/ Of lads that wore their honors out,/ Runners whom renown outran/ And the name died before the man."
-the mans fame died soon after it developed. his chance of being remembered are far from slim.
4..“eyes the shady night has shut”
-this represents death or the fact that he's encountered or came near death.
5. although he had short career, his honor and accomplishments will be appreciated.
6. i believe that he is implying that he committed suicide, but it's really a big deal because he lived a good life, altjough it was cut short.
7. i do believe he was right. people who die at young ages, for example Aaliyah, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson etc. are always remembered because a young death is more surprising than an older one. its unexpected so therefor s ince their life was short lived, they unintentionally prolong their life accomplishments. where as an older person who dies, such as elizabeth taylor, its not that much of a big deal because they lived a full life.
Ashlea C.
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