Question

Read the stanza from "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies’” by Robert Hayden. 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. How does the imagery in the stanza contribute to the poem’s overall meaning? It illustrates tears as being soothing. It illustrates a sense of misfortune. It illustrates faith in humankind. It illustrates the beauty of nature.

Answer 1

The imagery in the stanza contribute to the poem’s overall meaning B. It illustrates a sense of misfortune.

Explanation:

Robert Hayden is an American poet, essayist, and educator. He is a Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1976 to 1978. He is a US Poet Laureate. Robert Hayden's poem “Monet's Waterlilies” is a mid-length poem of two quatrains around a sestet. The poem speaks about dark, abysmal events in history with personification style. The poet talked about why the waterlilies are important to our poet

This is the full version of "Monet's 'Waterlilies'" by Robert Hayden.

Today as the news from Selma and Saigon

poisons the air like fallout,

I come again to see

the serene, great picture that I love.

Here space and time exist in light

the eye like the eye of faith believes.

The seen, the known

dissolve in iridescence, become

illusive flesh of light

that was not, was, forever is.

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.

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Read the stanza from "Monet's 'Waterlilies'" by Robert Hayden.

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.

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

• A. It illustrates tears as being soothing.
• B. It illustrates a sense of misfortune.
• C. It illustrates faith in humankind.
• D. It illustrates the beauty of nature.
• E. It illustrates a sense of misfortune.

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Answer 2

Answer:

The correct option is that ''It illustrates a sense of misfortune''.

Explanation:

This stanza is from the poem  "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies’,” written by the author Robert Hayden. In this stanza, the poet is making reference to the war of Vietnam. He is also describing the civil rights movements in America.

He says we have the power that we can turn our sadness into joy with the help of will power. It creates enthusiasm in the soldiers of the war when we support them with courage. People think that they can buy happiness from the money but he is a little confused about this situation.