Read the lines from robert hayden’s poem "monet’s ‘waterlilies,’” then look at the detail from claude monet’s painting water lilies. 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. why does the speaker like to view monet’s water lilies? to view art purely for art’s sake to escape unpleasant news to be exposed to stark reality to escape poisonous air answer is b