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The poem, as indicated by the title, touches upon the greek tradgedy of Icarus, the story in which Icarus, the son of Daedalus, took flight from prison wearing wings made from wax and feathers, unheeding of his father's wishes that he not fly too close to the sun, he did just that and melted his way to a feathery demise, drowning in the sea. ''Landscape With The Fall of Icarus '' by William Carlos Williams According to Brueghel when Icarus fell it was spring a farmer was ploughing his field the whole pageantry of the year was awake tingling near the edge of the sea concerned with itself sweating in the sun that melted the wings' wax unsignificantly off the coast there was a splash quite unnoticed this was Icarus drowning From Collected Poems: 1939-1962, Volume II by William Carlos Williams, published by New Directions Publishing Corp. © 1962 by William Carlos Williams. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15828 If you would like to know more, go to the page http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/s_z/williams/icarus.htm |
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