Select the correct answer.
In this excerpt from the poem "Learning to Read" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, what is the meaning of the word rising?
And said there is no use trying,
Oh! Chloe, you're too late;
But as I was rising sixty,
I had no time to wait.
A.
advancing
B.
approaching
C.
increasing
D.
elevating
E.
succeeding
C. increasing
To determine the meaning of the word "rising" in this excerpt from the poem "Learning to Read" by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, we can look at the context in which it is used. The speaker mentions that they were "rising sixty" and had no time to wait.
Based on this context, the correct answer would be A. advancing. The word "rising" here suggests that the speaker is advancing or reaching the age of sixty.