Which statement is the best summary of the fourth and fifth stanzas (lines 13-20) of this poem? a) like the athlete, all of us will be forgotten after our deaths. b) because the athlete has died, his records will be broken and people will forget his name. c) because the athlete has died, he will never see his record broken nor his fame deminished. d) even though the athlete has died, he will look down from heaven and bless other athletes whose fame comes after him.

The answer to the question is c

C) Because the athlete has died, he will never see his record broken nor his fame diminished.

Explanation:

Because the athlete has died, he will never see his record broken nor his fame diminished. The lines "Eyes the shady night has shut/Cannot see the record cut" mean that he will not see his record broken. The lines "Now you will not swell the rout/Of lads that wore their honours out" mean that he will not see his fame diminished.

cabeza de vaca was an spanish explorer and n his long exploration of 11,000.km. from florida to present-day mexico, he went through a series of calamities and setbacks that only added to his deeds. he applied his religious creed with the humanist idea, always current and universal, that all men were equal before god and destiny without any discrimination. as an explorer, he became a slave to the tipinoga, then his shaman pointer, later and after an operation of heart to an indian (from which both came alive) he achieved stardom and became a hero followed by a crowd that professed unusual respect and admiration.