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Reread the passage from Stanza 16 of "Borderbus."But where do we go hermana that's why I came here they broke my father's legs gangs killed my son I just want us to be together so many years hermana pulled
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Reread the passage from Stanza 16 of "Borderbus."But where do we go hermana that's why I came here they broke my father's legs gangs killed my son I just want us to be together so many years hermana pulled apart. Which tone is best conveyed by the word choices the poet makes in this stanza?

A Fear

B Longing

C regret

D revengefulness​

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Probably B, possibly C. The lines “I just want us to be together” indicate longing but the lines “so many years hermana pulled apart” indicates regret.
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