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A Shropshire Lad

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by A.E. Housman

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Did Housman have a person inmind when he wrote On an athlete dying young?
Chelsea It's hard to connect anything from Housman's real life to A Shropshire Lad-- he'd never even been to Shropshire when he wrote it. He was writing an id…moreIt's hard to connect anything from Housman's real life to A Shropshire Lad-- he'd never even been to Shropshire when he wrote it. He was writing an idealized version of country life, and so while he might have had a real-life inspiration, it would be heavily changed.(less)
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