How are W. H. Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and William Carlos Williams's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" similar? A. Both
poems focus on how Icarus's death is ignored. B. Both poems describe Icarus's feelings of fear. C. Both poems mention several attempts to rescue Icarus. D. Both poems discuss the large city in the distance.
A. Both poems focus on how Icarus's death is ignored.
Explanation:
Wystan Hugh Auden wrote his poem "Musée des Beaux Arts" detailing about the fall of Icarus from the sun. He gave a description of how people are indifferent about the suffering of others. The poem shows how Icarus' drowning was taken by the people who had witnessed it.
Likewise, William Carlos Williams's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is also similar to Auden's poetry as he also dealt with the fall of Icarus. he also gave a description about the moment Icarus fell from the sky and how the "<em>splash (was) quite unnoticed</em>".
Both poems draw their basis from the painting "The Fall of Icarus" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. And their similarity lie in the fact that both poems focus on how Icarus's death was ignored.
