Which quotation from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors" by Rita Dove includes an allusion? "Each night she lay down in pain and rose" "And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs panting" "Diego's / love a skull in the circular window" "of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow"

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Cooper Waller

19 February, 03:01

Which quotation from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors" by Rita Dove includes an allusion? "Each night she lay down in pain and rose" "And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs panting" "Diego's / love a skull in the circular window" "of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow"

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Azaria Wilkerson · Answer 1

The quotation from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors" by Rita Dove that includes an allusion is "Diego's / love a skull in the circular window".

Here it makes reference to the constant thought of Frida Kahlo about death. In fact, all the poem has a background on Frida Kahlo.

Rayne Foley · Answer 2

Answer: "Diego's / love a skull in the circular window".