A. E. Housman: Poems

a) Show that in lines 1–8 of “To an Athlete,” the meter includes five iambic tetrameter lines and three trochaic tetrameter lines. (b) How do the trochaic lines reinforce the idea of a “stiller town”?

Line 1-8... "

The time you won your town the race

We chaired you through the marketplace;

Man and boy stood cheering by,

And home we brought you shoulder-high.

Today, the road all runners come,

Shoulder-high we bring you home,

And set you at your threshold down,

Townsman of a stiller town..."

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