Intro Paragraph: To an Athlete Dying Young & Ulysses

To an Athelete Dying Young & Ulysses both describe the impact of "Time" on life. To an Athelete Dying Young describes the short life of a person who is missed dearly by his loved ones, while Ulysses, describes a narrator who is longing for the past because he is no longer in his prime. The two poems are different, in that, Odysseyus in Ulysses has lived too long, where the young athlete has lived too short. In addition, To an Athlete Dying Young describes the forever long glory that will follow the young athlete, while Ulysses' character is only waiting around to die; he sees nothing more to life because his heroic adventures are in the past. The two poems are similar, in that, they both deal with the advantages and disadvantages of Time, yet they are different because they deal with different views and situations due to the factor of Time.