Question

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 footstend. 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 of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow. —sonnet in primary colors what type of figurative language is the underlined text? how does this figurative language contribute to the meaning of the poem?

Explanation:

1. To determine the type of figurative language, we analyze the description. For example, if "the hundred dogs panting like children" is under - lined, it is a simile as it uses "like" to compare dogs panting to children. This simile contributes to the poem's meaning by creating a vivid and endearing image. It humanizes the dogs, making the scene more relatable and adding a sense of life and movement to the garden setting, which may also reflect Frida's relationship with her environment.

Answer:

If "the hundred dogs panting like children" is under - lined:
Type of figurative language: Simile
Contribution to the poem's meaning: Creates a vivid, endearing image, humanizes the dogs, and adds life and movement to the garden setting, reflecting Frida's relationship with her environment.