Question

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

Answer 1

C. increasing