Read the stanza from "Sonnet in Primary Colors" by Rita Dove

Read the underlined phrase. What is the most likely

reason the poet includes this metaphor?

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This is for the woman with one black wing

perched over her eyes: lovely Frida, erect

among parrots, in the stern petticoats of the peasant,

who painted herself a present-

wildflowers entwining the plaster corset

her spine resides in, that flaming pillar-

this priestess in the romance of mirrors.

O to tell about the way that Frida's hair moves

O to indicate that Frida has a keen sense of sight

O to describe a prominent feature of Frida's face

O to suggest that Frida has birdlike qualities

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