Alyson Bass

English

7 June, 08:48

Which text in the poem supports the theme "America

was a land of possibility for many"?

the two Slovak children who became my

grandparents

Beyond the red brick of Ellis Island

where the two Slovak children

who became my grandparents

waited the long days of quarantine,

after leaving the sickness,

the old Empires of Europe,

a Circle Line ship slips easily

on its way to the island

of the tall woman, green

as dreams of forests and meadows

waiting for those who'd worked

a thousand years

yet never owned their own.

Like millions of others,

I too come to this island,

nine decades the answerer

of dreams.

-"Ellie Teled "Toronh Rruchar

o this island, nine decades the answerer of dreams.

a Circle Line ship slips easily on its way to the

island

the long days of quarantine