The author of the poem "Is My Team Plowing" Alfred Edward Housman, also known as AE Housman, was born in Worcestershire, England on March 26, 1859 and died in 1936 of cancer. He was the eldest of his siblings and at the age of 12 he lost his mother to death. A few years later, he became an atheist and homosexual while attending St. John's College and studying classical moderations and the Greek and Roman classics. He believed he would always be alone because the one and only time he fell in love was with another guy who wasn't gay, and the guy who broke his heart, which made him made him think he was going to be alone, which influenced him the most. poems from him. He was also known for his Latinism and his poetry in his country. He was also famous for many of his poems in his country, including "Is My Team Plowing". The poem “Is My Team Plowing” was written in 1896. The theme and overall meaning of the poem is that life continues after someone dies. The tone of the poem is also conversational as the poem is a conversation between a deceased man and his living friend. In the poem, there are several poetic techniques; one of the techniques is the rhyme scheme. The rhyme scheme is abcb, this is where the second and fourth lines rhyme, for example "Does my team plow, that I used to drive and hear the jingle of the harness when I was a living man?' ". Throughout the poem, the second and fourth lines ending words all rhyme. Another technique is the imagery throughout the poem, he describes all the things he remembers from his life while he is alive, such as his horses, he says, "Yes, the horses are stamping, the harness is tinkling now." He says this because he remembers the noises the horses made when he rode... middle of paper ...... ask his last question which was: "And did he find to sleep, a better bed than mine?'". Then the friend responds in the next stanza that he is well and sleeps well and he also adds that he "encourages a dead man's sweetheart" and he said to never ask who it was and he says this to infer that it is the deceased's sweetheart that he is comforting and that he does not want the deceased to know In conclusion, this poem. is a dramatization because the friend is full of guilt and imagines having this conversation with his deceased friend Then the main purpose of this poem is to state that even if someone in your life dies, life goes on. It also explains that some situations may change when that person leaves, but overtime will get better. Then it also explains that you shouldn't mourn someone for too long, because things get better with time...