Question

How does the imagery in the stanza contribute to the poem’s overall meaning?

Answer 1

Answer:

It illustrates a sense of misfortune

Explanation:

This stanza, from the poem "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies’” represents the strength to transform the sorrow into happiness using our will and persistence. The stanza first illustrates misfortune:  

O light beheld as through refracting tears.

Here is the aura of that world

each of us has lost.

Here is the shadow of its joy,

but the enthusiasm that is developed in the poem gives the soldiers strength and support.