Answer: A. the frustration of coming so close to America yet not being allowed to enter and live.
This poem is found on the walls of Angel Island's Detention Barracks. Angel Island was an immigration station that served as the entering point to America from the Pacific. It was referred to as the "Ellis Island of the West." Immigrants were often detained there for days or weeks, while being interrogated before being allowed to enter the country or forced to go back. The poem describes this frustration, of being so close to America, yet not be allowed to enter.
D. A dead bird
Hope its the right anwser
let me know if you get it right.
Bierce uses the images of a watch, the rising and setting sun, and the swiftly or sluggishly flowing stream during the escape.
The answer to this problem is “gets up”.
As in Williamsburg? If so...
The plot of this story was about a fictional Virginia planter, John Fry (Jack Lord), who became a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses. He gradually loses his ties with the pro-British faction and casts his lot with the rebels.
Hope this helps, haven't read the story in years.