Fall of Icarus
After reading both W. H. Auden's "Musee des Beaux Arts", and William Carlos William's "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," I have came to the conlusion that these two poems are much more different than they are similar. While there are some similarities, there are staggering differences in the content, as well as the format of these two poems. In my opinion, two poems that are written about the very same picture could not have more differences. "Musee des Beaux Arts" and "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" give off two totally different vibes. The poem by William Carlos William's treats the portrait of Icarus like it is a monumental portrait, and devotes the entire poem to the portrait. While, W. H. Auden's "Musee des Beaux Arts" treats "The Fall of
Auden's "Musee des Beaux Arts" and "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by William Carlos Williams are two very different poems. Auden describes the ship that was near Icarus as he plummeted into the ocean, and how it just kept sailing instead of stopping to save Icarus from drowning. In "Musee des Beaux Arts" you could also say that instead of the poem being purely about Icarus, it is instead about W. Icarus" like any other portrait that is hung up in the Museum of Fine Arts. "Musee des Beaux Arts" is written with some sentence structure, and puts out a complete thought on each of it's lines. However, "Musee des Beaux Arts" disagrees and says that the farmer heard the splash from Icarus but he was too concerned with his ploughing to try and save Icarus from drowning. In fact, he writes about children that are ice skating on a pond in the woods, the birth of Jesus Christ, and a horse scratching itself on a tree while on dog carries on with his regular routine, all in the same poem. Also, the writing styles that were used by W. "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" does not once mention anything about a ship in the ocean. Another difference between the two poems is that "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" says how the farmer ploughing his field did not notice Icarus falling from the sky and landing in the ocean. This shows that no matter how similar the subject matter is, two different writers will put different spins on their work to make their work stand out and be unique. Also, the poems seemed to focus on different details of the portrait.
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