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aCTIvITy 3.13
mourning and Night
LearNING STraTeGIeS:
Note-taking, Choral Reading, Visualizing
About the Author
British poet A. E. Housman (1859–1936) spent most of his life as a teacher and a scholar. His poems are known for capturing deep feeling.
poetry
my Notes
Learning Targets
• Analyze the diction and imagery of a poem to identify tone and theme.
• Make connections between the purpose and techniques of different genres.
Preview
In this activity, you will read the poem “To an Athlete Dying Young” and think about its language and imagery.
Setting a Purpose for reading
• As you read the poem, underline words and phrases that create visual images.
• Circle unknown words and phrases. Try to determine the meaning of the words by using context clues, word parts, or a dictionary.
• Place a star next to words that relate to death and dying.
Athlete
To an Dying Young
by A. E. Housman
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.
5 Today, the road all runners come, Shoulder-high we bring you home, And set you at your threshold down, Townsman of a stiller town.
Smart lad, to slip betimes away
10 From fields where glory does not stay,
And early though the laurel grows It withers quicker than the rose.
Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut,
15 And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears:
200 SpringBoard® English Language Arts Grade 7
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