Question

analyzing structural elements of a poem
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
herspine 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, diegos
love a skull in the circular window
ofthe thumbprint searing her immutable brow.

• sonnet in primary colors

what is the most likely reason rita dove chose to
call this poem a sonnet?
the work has no rhyme scheme
the subject is romantic in nature
the poem contains 14 lines
each stanza has seven lines

Explanation:

A sonnet is a 14 - line poem. The other options are incorrect. A sonnet can have a rhyme scheme (though not all do, but the lack of a rhyme scheme is not the defining characteristic), the subject matter being romantic is not the defining structural element of a sonnet, and each stanza having seven lines is not a sonnet characteristic (sonnets are 14 - line poems, usually in one stanza or divided into an octave and a sestet).

Answer:

The poem contains 14 lines.