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When I was One-and-Twenty

by A.E. Housman

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When I was One-and-Twenty Symbolism, Imagery & Wordplay

There’s more to a poem than meets the eye.

It's All About the Money

If you've read Karl Marx, you've probably learned that commodities make the world go 'round. That seems to be the general opinion of this poem, as well. Feelings get compared to all sorts of object...

If At First You Don't Succeedā€¦

Try, try again. Repetition is the key to this poem: it's only by shoving his age in our faces at every possible turn that the speaker is able to slam home the point that he was pretty dumb when he...