Question

What is the meaning of the word team as it is used in the poem?

Answer 1

The meaning of the word “team” used in the poem means: B. a team of horses .

Explanation:

A.E. Housman uses the line "Is My Team Ploughing" in his poem. In this line, the term means a team of horses.

A. E. Housman was an English poet and classical scholar. He was known for his famous poem A Shropshire Lad. It was published in the year 1896 and became famous during his lifetime. The poem of Housman was highly popular.

The line comes as below:

‘Is my team ploughing,

That I was used to drive

And hear the harness jingle

When I was man alive?’