How are you doing mr Alex as always I gathered main theme of poet author biography briefly here it’s Brecon hill poem number twenty one In shropshire narrates story of lover who lost loved one main theme of poem is lose love as dramatized through symbolic sounds of church bells and poet is Alfred Edward houseman ( born in 1859- died in 1936) he was classical scholar poet pen name a.e houseman Alma mater St. John college oxford genre lyric poetry notable works shropshire lad he has been as one of greatest scholars at any time