Question

Which line(s) from the poem show(s) the reader that the poet
has based the poem on a painting?
O A. According to Brueghel
O B. the whole pageantry
O C. sweating in the sun
O D. a farmer was ploughing / his field

Answer 1

A and D seem like good choices but I dont have a lot of contest to work with.

Answer 2

The phrase “according to Brueghel” tells the readers that the poem is based on a painting.

Which painting does the poem refer to?

• William Carlos Williams uses the painting titled “Landscape with the Fall of Icarus” by the Rennaissance artist Pieter Brueghel the Elder in his poem with the same title.
• This painting depicts the fall of the Greek mythological figure called Icarus.
• The painting shows Icarus plunging into the sea and this is what inspires Williams to create his poem.

What is the poem about?

• Williams’ poem uses Icarus as a symbol to draw upon the human tendency for indifference.
• As Icarus falls into the sea and drowns, everyone is concerned with their own business that no one even stops to pity him.
• Humans, in a manner similar to this, are concerned only with their problems and turn a blind eye toward everything else.

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