Question

Read Rita Dove's poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors."

then study Frida Kahlo's painting Self-Portrait with
Monkey and Parrot.
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.
Each night she lay down in pain and rose
to the celluloid butterflies of her Beloved Dead,
Lenin and Marx and Stalin arrayed at the footstead.
And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs panting
like children along the graveled walks of the garden,
Diego's
love a skull in the circular window
Which statements best describe differences in the
style of the two works?
O The painting pays attention to details of Kahlo's
physical appearance, while the poem does not.
O The poem portrays the painter as serious, while the
painting does not.
The poem reveals details that explain Kahlo's facial
expressions, while the painting does not.
O The painting uses imagery that tells of Kahlo's
connection to nature, while the poem does not.

Answer 1

The poem portrays Frida Kahlo as serious, while the painting focuses on her physical appearance and connection to nature.

Step-by-step explanation:

The poem portrays the painter as serious, while the painting does not. In Rita Dove's poem 'Sonnet in Primary Colors,' Frida Kahlo is depicted as a priestess in the romance of mirrors and someone who experienced both pain and creativity. On the other hand, Frida Kahlo's painting 'Self-Portrait with Monkey and Parrot' focuses on the details of Kahlo's physical appearance and her connection to nature through imagery of parrots and wildflowers.

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