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Read this excerpt from "To an Athlete Dying Young" by A.E. Housman:


Smart lad, to slip betimes away,

From fields where glory does not stay,

And early though the laurel grows,

It withers quicker than the rose.


What does the metaphor in the line "It withers quicker than the rose" imply?


AFame and honor do not last long.
BBeauty will one day quickly fade away.
CThe young have to eventually grow old.
DPeople nowadays do not live long lives.
EFame is very easy to achieve for an athlete.

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Kalahira

Fame and honor do not last long. Though we accomplish great things in life, we get older, we may have other conditions, that may cause us to lose the Fame and honor. We could do something, in life that may even cause us to serve time, either way, life does not go forever here on earth, nor does the things we have gained in life.

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A.  Fame and honor do not last long.

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