In "LXV [Once, I knew a fine song]" by Stephen Crane, the purpose of the sound devices in lines 4-6 is to illustrate the speaker's mixed feelings about opening the basket. The cacophony created by the repeated hard "k" sounds in "basket" and "wicket" emphasizes the abruptness and perhaps the difficulty of releasing the birds. Therefore, the most fitting response is: "The cacophony illustrates that the speaker has mixed feelings about opening the basket."
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The shift in syntax in lines 9–11 is likely designed to (1 point)
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provide a parallel structure to the lines 1–3.
mimic the fleeting nature of thoughts with informal open form poetry.
imitate the rhyme scheme found in a sonnet.
illustrate the growing distance of the birds with lines that grow in length.
show the speaker's loss through lack of meter.
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The correct response would be: mimic the fleeting nature of thoughts with informal open form poetry.