Analysis Of Landscape With The Fall Of Icarus

On "Landscape with the fall of Icarus" "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" is inspired by the Bruegel painting which is based on the Greek myth of the tragedy of "Icarus." Icarus is the son of Daedalus; Icarus flew from prison with the fragile wings that his father had made for him. Icarus didn't care about his father warning to keep a middle course over the sea and avoid flying too close to the sun; the boy flew with joy too close to the burning sun, so his wings got melted and the poor boy fill to the sea and died. The poet tells us about the death of Icarus, "According to Brueghel," it took place in the spring when the year was emerging in all its pageantry. death of Icarus is ironic cause he has always been an emblem for the …show more content…
Through the poem the poet was describing the beautiful natural setting but by the end line he shock the reader with the line “this was Icarus drowning” which have a powerful impact on the reader. This image can also be reflected on the massage the poet wants to address that how their work can be forgotten and unnoticed to the world. Other lines that stresses the idea of how the world is concerned with itself rather than the boy dying are “the edge of the sea concerned with itself” and “a splash quite unnoticed” both draw the image of how none of the people in that landscape paid attention to the young boy. On the other hand, these lines reflect the feelings of fear of the poet that all his work is unnoticed to the rest of the world. The poet used the myth of Icarus to support the main theme of the poem which is lack of compassion and that every human live for themselves; the poem focuses on the lack of awareness of the suffering of others. As the young boy was about to die life around him was perfectly fine and no noticed. The poem explores how the pain and tragedy that some people might face can go unnoticed to the rest of the world. Also, the poet wanted to use the myth to express the fear of all poets that their work will go unnoticed and they won’t leave …show more content…
The scene is filled with vivid life. William describes a farmer plowing his fields normally when the young Icarus falls and dies. As the reader reaches the end of the story, the reader joins and feels the pain of Icarus as he falls from sky and faces his death. No one pays attention to the falling boy and he falls like a tiny insignificant splash in the water. Icarus was flying happily in the sky under the sun then the hot rays of the sun melted the wax of his wings and he falls into the sea like a splash. The young boy fell into the sea and