I'd say the correct answer is A, because none of the other things are mentioned in this short poem. It just speaks about a dying woman, who is likely to be Antigone.
One day he wanders into the mountains to go hunting, meets and drinks with English explorer Henry Hudson’s legendary crew, and falls into a deep sleep. He awakens twenty years later and returns to his village to discover that everything has changed. The disturbing news of the dislocation is offset by the discovery that his wife is dead. In time, Rip’s daughter, son, and several villagers identify him, and he is accepted by the others.
<span>b. meeting is the answer
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If you’re asking for the correct form of the word, the answer is plays.
