“lucy in the sky with diamonds: ” a) was inspired by a picasso-like drawing of lennon’s four-year old son julian b) revolves around repeated-note figures over a partially chromatic descending bass line c) contains an oblique reference to the vietnam war d) was influenced by j. r. r. tolkien’s lord of the rings.

A) was inspired by a Picasso-like drawing but it was drawn BY Lennon's son, Julien it was not a drawing OF him.

Explanation:

John Lennon said that his inspiration for the song came when his three-year-old son Julian showed him a nursery school drawing that he called "Lucy – in the Sky with Diamonds", depicting his classmate Lucy O'Donnell.

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