Click to read "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," by William Carlos Williams. Then answer the question.William Carlos Williams based his poem "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" on a painting by Pieter Brueghel. Which elements from the painting did he include in his poem?A.Animals wanderingB.Farmer working in his fieldC.Wax meltingD.Ship sailingSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS
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Click to read "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," by William Carlos Williams. Then answer the question.William Carlos Williams based his poem "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" on a painting by Pieter Brueghel. Which elements from the painting did he include in his poem?A.Animals wanderingB.Farmer working in his fieldC.Wax meltingD.Ship sailingSUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS
Solution
The poem "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by William Carlos Williams includes several elements from Pieter Brueghel's painting. These elements are:
A. Animals wandering - The poem mentions a "sweating farmer" which could imply the presence of animals, but it does not explicitly mention animals wandering.
B. Farmer working in his field - This is explicitly mentioned in the poem. The lines "a farmer was ploughing his field" clearly depict this scene from the painting.
C. Wax melting - The poem does not directly mention wax melting. However, it does reference Icarus falling from the sky, which in the original myth happens because the wax in his wings melts.
D. Ship sailing - This is also explicitly mentioned in the poem. The lines "unsignificantly off the coast there was a splash quite unnoticed this was Icarus drowning" depict a ship sailing by, oblivious to Icarus's fall.
So, the elements from the painting that William Carlos Williams included in his poem are the farmer working in his field and the ship sailing.
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