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Peer reviewedDenman, Katherine L. – English Journal, 1985
Compares the imagery of two poems that deal with the price exacted by athletic success: John Updike's "Ex-Basketball Player" and A. E. Housman's "To an Athlete Dying Young." (RBW)
Descriptors: Athletics, English Instruction, Failure, Imagery
