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Rita Dove's Sonnet In Primary Colors

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When I was reading the first poem “Poetry” by Nikki Giovanni I imagined myself as Morgan Freeman. I could hear his deep unique voice while reading this poem. It gave more soul to the poem. I was speaking to inform a crowd of people on behalf of all lonely poets. I spoke of the main purpose of poetry to show how precious life is. I talked about the importance for a poem to be song-like, joyful, and informative so that it would capture its reader.
Reciting the poem “Sonnet in Primary Colors” by Rita Dove I used a squawky sound like a bird. I chose this voice because of the weird self-portrait of Frida who looked both male and female with a parrot on her shoulder. I imagined her to have a voice that would also be unisex in nature and imagined
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