Which theme is prominent in this excerpt from "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A. E. Housman? Now you will not swell the rout Of l
ads that wore their honours out, Runners whom renown outran And the name died before the man. So set, before its echoes fade, The fleet foot on the sill of shade, And hold to the low lintel up The still-defended challenge-cup And round that early-laurelled head Will flock to gaze the strengthless dead, And find unwithered on its curls The garland briefer than a girl's. the inevitability of death
The theme prominent is the death of a young man at the height of his strength and his career. Death of a young person is a common theme in poetry and this one is very famous because of the emotions that it awakens in a person. Poe was known for writing poems like this usually including young women who die before becoming old.
In terms of the first question, "They" would be an objective pronoun, but it should be noted that this does not have to be so. for the second, the answer is "my".
