Question

Click to read "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," by William Carlos Williams. Then answer the question. which statement best explains the relationship between williams "landscape with the fall of icarus" and brueghel's painting of the same title.
According to Brueghel
when Icarus fell
it was spring

a farmer was ploughing
his field
the whole pageantry

of the year was
awake tingling
near

the edge of the sea
concerned
with itself

sweating in the sun
that melted
the wings' wax

unsignificantly
off the coast
there was

a splash quite unnoticed
this was
Icarus drowning


A. Williams's poem uses the painting to discuss a theme generally.
B. Williams's poem is a likeness of the painting.
C. Williams's provides a new interpretation of the painting.
D. Williams's poem compares the painting to other paintings.

Answer 1

B. William's poem is a likeness of the painting.

Answer 2

B. Williams's poem is a likeness of the painting - APEX