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At what age did A. E. Housman start writing poetry?

  • As a teenager

  • As a university student

  • As a clerk

  • As a professor

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A. E. Housman started writing poetry at the age of 23. He was a clerk in the British civil service at the time, and he wrote poems in his spare time. Housman's poetry is often dark and melancholy, and it reflects his own experiences of loss and grief. He is considered one of the most important poets of the 20th century.
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