Based on the premise "Like Melville's Ishmael, who noted that meditation and water are wedded for ever, Monet found that all his moods found echoes in the reflected weeping willows and tangled lilies.", can we conclude the hypothesis "Monet's natural landscapes can be conceptually similar to Melville's Ishmael, even though they never met." is true (see options)?

OPT:
[a]. yes.
[b]. it is not possible to tell.
[c]. no.
[b].