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Which lines from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove provide an example of alliteration?
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.”
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.”
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The lines from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors" by Rita Dove that provide an example of alliteration are:
A: “among parrots, in the stern petticoats of the peasant, / who painted herself a present–”
In this option, the repetition of the "p" sound in "parrots," "petticoats," "peasant," and "painted" exemplifies alliteration.
A: “among parrots, in the stern petticoats of the peasant, / who painted herself a present–”
In this option, the repetition of the "p" sound in "parrots," "petticoats," "peasant," and "painted" exemplifies alliteration.
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