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Which line from "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies’” by Robert Hayden best demonstrates the speaker’s regret about the effects of violence and destruction in the world?
“Here space and time exist in light”
“The seen, the known / dissolve”
“O light beheld as through refracting tears.”
“Here is the shadow of its joy.”
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“O light beheld as through refracting tears.”
This line most directly conveys regret: the image of light seen "through...tears" signals sorrow and the idea that even beauty is distorted by grief. The verb "refracting" suggests the light—and thus the world—has been altered by pain, implying regret about the effects of violence and destruction.
This line most directly conveys regret: the image of light seen "through...tears" signals sorrow and the idea that even beauty is distorted by grief. The verb "refracting" suggests the light—and thus the world—has been altered by pain, implying regret about the effects of violence and destruction.
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