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Question 11 • CMS 2026-2027 English II CREDIT RECOVERY

Which lines from the poem "Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove provide an example of alliteration?

Answer
A
“among parrots, in the stern petticoats of the peasant, / who painted herself a present–”
B
“wildflowers entwining the plaster corset / her spine resides in, that flaming pillar–”
C
“Lenin and Marx and Stalin arrayed at the footstead. / And rose to her easel, the hundred dogs panting”
D
“Diego’s / love a skull in the circular window / of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow.”