Question

read the stanza from \sonnet in primary colors\ by rita dove. 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 of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow. how does the underlined figurative language contribute to the meaning of the poem? it describes the reason for frida’s pain and suffering. it indicates that the love frida once felt has died. it shows that frida continues to think of politics. it suggests that frida prefers to be around nature.

Explanation:

The underlined figurative language is "love a skull in the circular window". A skull is a symbol of death, so comparing Diego’s love to a skull suggests that the love Frida once felt has died. The first option is incorrect as the figurative language is about love, not her pain’s reason. The third option is wrong as the skull - related imagery is about love, not politics. The fourth option is incorrect as the skull doesn't relate to nature preference.

Answer:

B. It indicates that the love Frida once felt has died.