His imaged birds, and painted bowl, The purpose of the description in this line is to .

personify the wildlife the poet sees around him
use figurative language to depict Native American arts
use rhyme to imitate the sounds of Native American songs
create colorful imagery to show everyday objects in a new way

Create colorful imagery to show everyday objects in a new way.

Explanation:

The listed objects are ordinary non living things and describing them that way gives them life and colour in the readers imagination

the correct answer is:

from context clues heliotrope is probably a flower.

a heliotrope are peruvian plants that have small purplish plants.

the illustration   that would give a reader a clear understanding of the text is a picture of men constructing the frame of a building.the frame is made of iron bars. the text describes the job of blacksmiths'. these were very organised and they had different names: "the driver" and "the heater". the text describes the way in which these men worked ; they worked iron pieces as if they were playing a sport. in fact, the text wants to show the men's skills. the text also puts some emphasis on the use of '' rivets'' in construction. this kind of nails were not always used in the construction of manhattan.

some examples:

"and with an underhand toss he hurled the smoking rivet straight at the catcher, who caught it in mid-air in his catching can." men's skills

"when the driver was ready for a new " the emphasis on the rivet ( special nail used in construction).

" it against a beam to remove any cinders, and jammed it into the waiting hole. " the emphasis on the rivet.