“To An Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman

” To An Athlete Dying Young” by A.E. Housman has a rhyme scheme of aabb and has 7 stanzas. It is an elegy about an athlete who dies young(hence,the title) and doesn’t get to outlive his glory. Personally, I didn’t really like or enjoy this poem. I think my dislike is because I can’t really relate to the topic of the poem.