There is a parrot imitating spring in the palace, its feathers parsley green. out of the swamp the cane appears to haunt us, and we cut it down. el general searches for a word; he is all the world there is. like a parrot imitating spring, . . . –"parsley," rita dove
What is the effect of repeating the line "there is a parrot imitating spring" in the poem?
O it supports the peaceful feeling of the poem.
O it shows where the general lives.
O it emphasizes the importance of sound.
O it explains why the general is violent.