Question

read the passage from \the caged bird.\ the free bird thinks of another breeze and the trade winds soft through the sighing trees and the fat worms waiting on a dawn bright lawn and he names the sky his own. which additional line best matches the tone of the stanza? \bigcirc and he thunders through the stormy sky \bigcirc and he drifts among the cottony clouds \bigcirc and he charges past the sorrowing sky \bigcirc and he flies right through circular clouds

Explanation:

To match the tone of the stanza, we analyze the language. The original stanza has a calm, natural, and fluid tone with gentle imagery (e.g., "soft trade winds", "fat worms", "dawn bright lawn"). "and he drifts among the cottony clouds" uses gentle, airy imagery ("cottony clouds", "drifts") that aligns with the peaceful, natural tone of the original. The other options have more forceful or less harmonious imagery: "thunders" is loud, "charges past" is forceful, and "circular clouds" is less evocative of the original's natural flow.

Answer:

B. and he drifts among the cottony clouds