This poem is about an athlete who died.He was a really good athlete then he died.This poem is A,A,B,B,which means the first two lines of the stanza rhyme then the next two rhyme.The poem is an elegy because it is being written to the person that died.Also the poem is lyric because it is describing the person`s feelings.there are seven stanzas,and twenty-eight lines.Its quatrains,which means there are four lines in each stanza.