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2. interestingliterature.com › 2017 › 0410 of the Best A. E. Housman Poems Everyone Should Read

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   Apr 3, 2017 · We’ve included some of his most famous poems, but have also included some of the poems which, we feel, show Housman doing what he did best: tugging at the heartstrings through skilfully crafted verse. 1. ‘ Loveliest of trees, the cherry now ’.

3. allpoetry.com › the-lent-lilyThe Lent Lily by A E Housman - Famous poems, famous poets ...

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   Analysis (ai): This poem depicts the ephemeral nature of spring and its flowers, contrasting the longevity of some with the brief lifespan of others. Unlike Housman's other works, which often explore themes of loss and regret, "The Lent Lily" celebrates the fleeting beauty of nature.

4. genius.com › A-e-housman-into-my-heart-an-air-thatA. E. Housman – Into my heart an air that kills | Genius

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   The fortieth poem in Housman’s seminal collection A Shropshire Lad, “Into my heart an air that kills” imagines the past as a “land of lost content”. It’s about nostalgia…. Read More ...

5. www.chiark.greenend.org.uk › poems › housmanA.E. Housman - selected poems - chiark

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   The following is a (fairly extensive) selection of Housman's poetry originally published by me, Martin Hardcastle, in the early 1990s. It has been superseded by the collected Housman page and that's probably where you want to be.

6. www.poetryfoundation.org › poems › 160771He would not stay for me, and who can wonder - Poetry Foundation

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   He would not stay for me, and who can wonder? He would not stay for me to stand and gaze. And went with half my life about my ways.

7. allpoetry.com › A-E-HousmanA E Housman - Poems by the Famous Poet - All Poetry

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   A. E. Housman was an English classical scholar and poet, best known for his cycle of poems “A Shropshire Lad”. These poems, with their themes of rural life, loss, and fleeting youth, resonated with the melancholic mood of the late Victorian era.

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   What is Housman's poem 'stars I have seen them fall' about?

   • ‘Stars, I have seen them fall…’: this short eight-line poem by A. E. Housman (1859-1936) is untitled, so we’ve given its first line here. Although the stars seem to fall, they remain in the sky; although rain falls into the sea, the sea remains the same saltwater it has always been. Housman’s poem is about…

   ‘Stars, I have seen them fall’: A Poem by A. E. Housman

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   Is Housman a good poem?

   • Housman’s poem is about futility, and offers a less celebratory take on the stars in the night sky than the one we tend to get from much (especially Romantic) poetry. From all the star-sown sky. And still the sea is salt. For more starry poetry, we recommend Wordsworth’s fine sonnet, ‘ The stars are mansions built by Nature’s hand ’. Loading...

   ‘Stars, I have seen them fall’: A Poem by A. E. Housman

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   Who wrote Housman's Poetry?

   • The following is a (fairly extensive) selection of Housman's poetry originally published by me, Martin Hardcastle, in the early 1990s. It has been superseded by the collected Housman page and that's probably where you want to be. To ask me a question or send me a comment, please read this.

   A.E. Housman - selected poems - chiark

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   What is Housman's poem about?

   • This poem, which was unpublished in Housman’s lifetime and appeared in the posthumous collection More Poems, is about the brevity of happiness and the knowledge that it must inevitably pass, leaving us with the daily struggle of living to get on with.

   10 of the Best A. E. Housman Poems Everyone Should Read

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9. interestingliterature.com › 2018 › 12‘Stars, I have seen them fall’: A Poem by A. E. Housman

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   ‘Stars, I have seen them fall…’: this short eight-line poem by A. E. Housman (1859-1936) is untitled, so we’ve given its first line here. Although the stars seem to fall, they remain in the sky; although rain falls into the sea, the sea remains the same saltwater it has always been.