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How did Housman portray himself in'A Shropshire Lad'?

  • Successful scholar

  • World traveler

  • Unsophisticated and melancholy youth

  • Ambitious tradesman

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Housman portrays himself in'A Shropshire Lad' as an unsophisticated and melancholy youth. He is a young man who has lost his innocence and is struggling to find his place in the world. He is filled with sadness and regret, and he longs for a simpler time. His poems are full of longing and despair, and they capture the pain of loss and regret.
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