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A Shropshire Lad

By A. E. Housman

Cover of A Shropshire Lad

Cover: An Extensive View in Shropshire (1803), watercolor over graphite by Cornelius Varley (1781-1873) · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died 1873; CC0 on Commons)

Sixty-three short poems of A. E. Housman's 1896 volume mourn young men who die early, soldiers, ploughboys and lovers, in the setting of the Shropshire hills and the market towns. They include 'Loveliest of trees', 'To an Athlete Dying Young' and 'Is my team ploughing'.

Summary written with Claude Sonnet 5.5.

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Table of contents

  1. 1: I
  2. 2: II
  3. 3: The Recruit
  4. 4: Reveille
  5. 5: V
  6. 6: VI
  7. 7: VII
  8. 8: VIII
  9. 9: IX
  10. 10: March
  11. 11: XI
  12. 12: XII
  13. 13: XIII
  14. 14: XIV
  15. 15: XV
  16. 16: XVI
  17. 17: XVII
  18. 18: XVIII
  19. 19: To an Athlete Dying Young
  20. 20: XX
  21. 21: Bredon Hill (1)
  22. 22: XXII
  23. 23: XXIII
  24. 24: XXIV
  25. 25: XXV
  26. 26: XXVI
  27. 27: XXVII
  28. 28: The Welsh Marches
  29. 29: The Lent Lily
  30. 30: XXX
  31. 31: XXXI
  32. 32: XXXII
  33. 33: XXXIII
  34. 34: The New Mistress
  35. 35: XXXV
  36. 36: XXXVI
  37. 37: XXXVII
  38. 38: XXXVIII
  39. 39: XXXIX
  40. 40: XL
  41. 41: XLI
  42. 42: The Merry Guide
  43. 43: The Immortal Part
  44. 44: XLIV
  45. 45: XLV
  46. 46: XLVI
  47. 47: The Carpenter's Son
  48. 48: XLVIII
  49. 49: XLIX
  50. 50: L
  51. 51: LI
  52. 52: LII
  53. 53: The True Lover
  54. 54: LIV
  55. 55: LV
  56. 56: The Day of Battle
  57. 57: LVII
  58. 58: LVIII
  59. 59: The Isle of Portland
  60. 60: LX
  61. 61: Hughley Steeple
  62. 62: LXII
  63. 63: LXIII