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 Tears, Idle Tears Alfred, Lord Tennyson Tears, idle tears, I know not what they mean, Tears from the depth of some divine despair Rise in the heart, and gather to the eyes, In looking on the happy Autumn-fields, And thinking of the days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail, That brings our friends up from the underworld, Sad as the last which reddens over one That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more. Ah, sad and strange as in dark summer dawns The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds To dying ears, when unto dying eyes The casement slowly grows a glimmering square; So sad, so strange, the days that are no more. Dear as remembered kisses after death, And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feigned On lips that are for others; deep as love, Deep as first love, and wild with all regret; O Death in Life, the days that are no more! This poem explains the pain that Boobie Miles went though with his knee injury. He tore his ACL and that is what is stopping him from playing. In the poem it says “So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more” (Tennyson). The quote explains that he is talking about how sad it is not to be in the game. He also says at the days are no more which means he feels like there is nothing to live for. Without football he is nothing. Boobie is a football player, which means he has a lot of heart. Without the game he feels useless and all that pain inside is going to build up.   In the book it explains how Boobie Miles has a knee injury. He tore his ACL and that is why he is having trouble playing on the team. In the book it states “ Boobie Miles as the best running back in the history of Perimian High School, Boobie as the best damn running back in the state of Texas” (Bissinger). In the quote it shows how much pressure Boobie Miles must have on him. Boobie is the best running back in all of Texas. Boobie is sad because he cannot play, and the fact that he is the best makes it worse. Every one in Odessa pressures Boobie because he is very good at what he does. In the book you can tell that football means the world to Boobie. It breaks Boobies heart that he cannot play.