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When I was One-and-Twenty
by
A.E. Housman
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When I was One-and-Twenty Themes
Little Words, Big Ideas
Foolishness and Folly
We've said it before, but we'll say it again: any time you start a piece of literature with a reference to a wise man, chances are that the wise man will be ignored and some really stupid mistake i...
Love
Ah, love. Candle-lit suppers and romantic strolls on the beach, right? We've got this theme down. Unless, of course, you happen to think of love as a transaction – sort of like withdrawing mo...
Youth
When the speaker of "When I was One-and-Twenty" announces his age in the first line of this poem, you know that it's important. And hey – maybe the journey from 21 to 22 is life-changing enou...