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.