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

Which statement is the best example of an interpretation?A.Williams is making a statement about death in general.B.Williams's poem uses much shorter stanzas than Auden's does.C.W. H. Auden is one of several poets to focus on Icarus.D.Daedalus creates the wings so that he can escape Crete

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.

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 describe Icarus's feelings of fear.B.Both poems focus on how Icarus's death is ignored.C.Both poems discuss the large city in the distance.D.Both poems mention several attempts to rescue Icarus

Click to read "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," by William Carlos Williams. Then answer the question.If Brueghel had painted a crowd of people watching Icarus drown, which line(s) would Williams most likely delete from his poem?A.Unsignificantly / off the coast / there was / a splash quite unnoticedB.a farmer was ploughing / his fieldC.when Icarus fell / it was springD.sweating in the sun / that melted / the wings' waxSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

How does Williams Carlos Williams put more emphasis on Icarus himself than Auden does?A.By waiting until the last line to reveal that the poem is about IcarusB.By mentioning the myth of Icarus at the very beginning of his poemC.By making a direct reference to Auden's poem in the first stanzaD.By providing background information not included in the myth