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Chocolate rita dove8/9/2023 The peasant's clothes are seen as very serious and lack creativity and beauty, no matter how hard they try to create something different, while Frida’s are whimsical with the wildflowers that are incorporated. Rita also uses visual imagery when describing Frida’s clothes compared to the other women’s. This tells us that she is more superior than the other peasants. We can see that Frida stands out because of the use of kinesthetic imagery when Rita refers to her as being erect or standing tall. In this line Rita is comparing Frida’s art to other women painters (peasants). Another example of imagery is the line, “lovely Frida, erect among parrots, in the stern petticoats of the peasant,/ who painted herself a present” (2-3). She became the original artist of realism and all other artists were merely followers. This art became the standard that all other artists tried to replicate. She painted brutally honest self-portraits that revealed her emotions, while incorporating Mexican culture and politics. Rita Dove uses “primary colors” when talking about Frida Kahlo because her paintings were very unique in style. They can not be mixed or formed by any combination of other colors, and usually include red, blue, and yellow. Primary colors are the colors that form the basis of all the others. We first notice the use of visual imagery within the title of the poem. In Rita Dove’s poem, Sonnet in Primary Colors she uses imagery to describe Frida. Gabriela Pinto Wednesday, Octoat 4:52:00 PM PDT
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