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Which phrase from the poem "Monet’s ‘Waterlilies’” best describes how the water lilies are portrayed in this painting?

“poisons the air like fallout”
“The seen, the known / dissolve”
“Today as the news from Selma and Saigon”
“the serene great picture that I love”

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“The seen, the known / dissolve”

This phrase most directly captures how Monet renders the water lilies—forms melting into reflections, boundaries blurred, the visible world dissolving into color and light.