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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"Here is the shadow of its joy."

Explanation:

Robert Hayden's poem "Monet's Waterlilies'" talks of the evils of war and how the speaker 'escapes' from that. The poet uses the beautiful painting by Monet as his escape, away from the depressing news of wars and destruction from the Vietnam war.

In the poem, the speaker seems to find solace and upliftment in the painting. He admires the beauty, the serenity of the "great picture". And in the last line "Here is the shadow of its joy", the speaker demonstrates his regret about the destructive and violent nature of the war.  

Thus, the correct answer is the fourth option.

the excerpt from chapter 2 of "animal farm", by george orwell that is an example of foreshadowing is "these three (snowball, napoleon, and squealer) had elaborated old major's teachings into a complete system of thought to which they gave the name of animalism." animal farm is an allegory of how czarist russia developed into communist russia with all its corruption. old major's teachings represent marx's theories turned into communism, animalism, by the three pigs. this foreshadows the oppression and corruption that will follow this revolt.

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