Read these lines from "Musee des Beaux Arts" by W. H. Auden.In Brueghel's Icarus, for instance: how everything turns     awayQuite leisurely from the disaster;How does the reference to Brueghel affect the meaning of the poem?A.Auden references Brueghel's Icarus to show the contrast between art and poetry.B.Auden mentions Brueghel's Icarus because he liked the painting.C.Auden uses the reference to show how things get misinterpreted.D.The reference helps illustrate how suffering occurs when no one is watching.

Click to read "Musée des Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question.In addition to focusing on the same subject, how are Brueghel's painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus and Auden's poem "Musee des Beaux Arts" alike?A.Both express a lighthearted tone through their use of light, color, and structure.B.Both show people focusing on everyday events while others are suffering.C.Both have hidden religious symbolism in their words or images.D.Both create tension between the audience and the subject.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Click to read "Musée des Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question.How would Auden most likely rewrite the following line(s) of the poem if Brueghel's painting had depicted Icarus falling on to the land instead of in the sea?the expensive delicate ship that must have seenSomething amazing, a boy falling out of the sky,A.the expensive delicate ship could not have seenSomething amazing, a boy falling out of the sky,B.The line would remain unchanged.C.the faraway delicate ship that must have seenSomething amazing, a boy falling out of the sky,D.the expensive delicate ship that must have seenSomething not quite amazing, a boy on the shore,SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

"Musée des Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question.Pieter Brueghel's painting of Icarus and W. H. Auden's "Musee des Beaux Arts" both address the fall of Icarus.What element of the story does Auden include that Brueghel does not?A.The boy in the skyB.Wings made of feathersC.Reference to the weatherD.The sun melting the wax

Click to read "Musée des Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question.Which line(s) from Auden's poem capture(s) the indifference in Brueghel's poem?A.the expensive delicate ship that must have seen / Something amazing, a boy falling out of the sky, / Had somewhere to get to and sailed calmly on.B.About suffering they were never wrong, / The Old Masters:C.there always must be / Children who did not specially want it to happen, skating / On a pond at the edge of the woodD.the ploughman may / Have heard the splash, the forsaken crySUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Which statement is the best example of an interpretation?A.Breughel's painting depicts a farmer and a shepherd.B.Icarus flies too close to the sun, and his wings fall apart.C.W. H. Auden, like Williams, was a 20th century poet.D.Auden's poem is more about suffering than about Icarus.