Comparing Poetry and Art
Which line from the poem "Monet's 'Waterlilies'" by Robert Hayden includes an allusion?
"Today as the news from Selma and Saigon"
Which phrases from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors" by Rita Dove appeal to the sense of sight? Select two options.
"erect / among parrots" "wildflowers entwining the plaster corset"
Which phrase from the poem "Monet's 'Waterlilies'" by Robert Hayden is an example of a simile?
"the eye like the eye of faith believes"
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 of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow. Which statements best describe differences in the style of the two works?
The poem reveals details that explain Kahlo's facial expressions, while the painting does not.
What is a stanza?
a group of lines
What are the characteristics of fixed poetry? Select three options.
a regular rhyme scheme lines of equal length a set number of lines
Read the stanza from "Sonnet in Primary Colors" by Rita Dove. 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. Read the underlined phrase. What is the most likely reason the poet includes this metaphor?
to describe a prominent feature of Frida's face
Which quotation from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors" by Rita Dove includes an allusion?
INCORRECT: "And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs panting"
Read the line from Robert Hayden's poem "Monet's 'Waterlilies,'" then look at the painting Water Lilies by Claude Monet. O light beheld as through refracting tears. How does this line relate to the artwork?
It compares the painting to an emotional experience.
Read the poem "Monet's 'Waterlilies'" by Robert Hayden. Today as the news from Selma and Saigon poisons the air like fallout, I come again to see the serene, great picture that I love. Here space and time exist in light the eye like the eye of faith believes. The seen, the known dissolve in iridescence, become illusive flesh of light that was not, was, forever is. O light beheld as through refracting tears. Here is the aura of that world each of us has lost. Here is the shadow of its joy. What evidence supports the conclusion that the poem is written in free verse? Select two options.
There is no rhyme scheme. The lines are unequal in length.