How do expressions such as "no cake walk" and "not for the faint-hearted" add meaning to the passage? they mean that only people who love the desert can survive there. they explain that maintaining a life in the desert is difficult. they highlight the dangerous aspects of living in the desert. they imply that life in the desert is simple and easy. they explain why plants are unable to survive in a desert. they show why many people choose to live in a desert atmosphere.

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, diego’s love a skull in the circular window of the thumbprint searing her immutable brow. how does the underlined figurative language contribute to the meaning of the poem? it describes the reason for frida’s pain and suffering. it indicates that the love frida once felt has died. it shows that frida continues to think of politics. it suggests that frida prefers to be around nature.