Which theme is prominent in this excerpt from "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman?

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Larry Spencer

9 February, 20:06

Which theme is prominent in this excerpt from "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman?

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Marcus Fitzgerald · Answer 1

Death is a central theme in the poem - whether this be the inevitability of death or a lament about early death. For this reason, the poem became popular after WWI, as for many who'd lost young men in their families the theme of losing someone in their prime resonated.