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

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.

To create a Venn diagram highlighting the similarities and differences between Pieter Bruegel's painting "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" and W.H. Auden's poem "Musée des Beaux Arts," we can break down how each medium treats the subject of the fall of Icarus.

"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.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

Click to read "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," by William Carlos Williams. Then answer the question.What is different about the poem "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" and the Brueghel painting on which it is based?A.The poem mentions that Icarus drowned, but the painting does not.B.The painting creates a calm environment, but the poem does not.C.The painting includes realistic details but the poem does not.D.The poem explains that the wings had melted, but the painting does not show this.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS