Will mark brainliest :-) Click on the 3 pairs of lines from the poem that deal with the early death of the athlete.

1 THE time you won your town the race
We chaired you through the market-place

2 Smart lad, to slip betimes away
From fields where glory does not stay

3 Eyes the shady night has shut
Cannot see the record cut

4 And silence sounds no worse than cheers
After earth has stopped the ears

5 Runners whom renown outran
And the name died before the man

from what i understand it starts talking about the death at line 2.

Explanation:

2. smart lad, to slip betimes away from fields where glory does not stay

-- i believe ita saying the athletes final rest, when they fall asleep ans go to heaven where glory doesnt follow, the field being a treasure hidden in a field based on matthew 13:44

3. eyes shady night has shut cannot see the cord cut

-- i think this one directly talks about the injury itself.

5. runners whom renown outran and the name died before the man

--i believe this is discussing the career was cut short, possible due to a fatal injury or health problem. they could not yet get their name well known before having to quit, and eventually pass on.

hope this helps

i’m sorry, but this question confuses me. could you clear it up a bit? i’d love to !

this quote could be referring to the death penalty. it's questioning the morality of sentencing murderers to death as a punishment, because it seems hypocritical. this quote seems to be arguing for non-lethal punishment for killers.