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QuizMultiple Choice

Comparing Poetry and Art — Quiz

Question 11 • 26-27 - C - RUSD World Lit

Which lines from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove provide an example of alliteration?

Answer
A
“among parrots, in the stern petticoats of the peasant, / who painted herself a present–”
B
“wildflowers entwining the plaster corset / her spine resides in, that flaming pillar–”
C
“Lenin and Marx and Stalin arrayed at the footstead. / And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs panting”
D
“Diego’s / love a skull in the circular window / of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow.”

Explanation

Alliteration is the repetition of the same beginning consonant sound in nearby words. Choice A repeats the “p” sound in “parrots,” “petticoats,” “peasant,” “painted,” and “present,” making it the clearest example.

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