Last night, i wanted to give up on school. just fail middle school. but then i saw my friends being responsible and how they were doing so well. that’s all i ever wanted. so i just put in some effort on my work and classes. and now i have straight B’s. all because i saw my friends doing their homework.
The answer to this question is in Auden's words "for instance". His poem is not specifically about Icarus and his tragedy. It transcends this particular story, elevating its message to the highest, universal level. The poem is about suffering as an integral constituent of life. People are often completely unaware of other people's suffering. The Icarus motif is just an example, albeit a very drastic one. It serves as the poem's climax. The "delicate ship" is on its course and it keeps sailing, although the crew must have seen "a boy falling out of the sky". In other words, the strange death of a young boy changes nothing in the course of other people's lives. That is why, unlike Williams' poem, this one doesn't even have Icarus in its title, but the Museum. It deals with the relations of life vs. death and art vs. reality, rather than Icarus' tragic story.
I honestly don't know because I think you have to read a book but there's this sight that's for this like if you don't get the book they'll give you a tons of info ab it and I bet it'll answer this problem :) I thought the site wouldn't help but it did! :)
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