Click to read "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by William Carlos Williams.

Then answer the question:

Which detail from Brueghel's painting is missing in Williams's poem?

A. The farmer plowing his fields.
B. Icarus drowning in the sea.
C. The man on the shore reaching toward the water.
D. Icarus crashing into the sea.

Williams' poem 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' misses the detail of 'The man on the shore reaching toward the water', present in Pieter Brueghel’s painting. It depicts an indifferent world to individual human tragedy.

Explanation:

In comparing Pieter Brueghel’s painting to the poem, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, by William Carlos Williams, the detail missing from William's poem is that of 'The man on the shore reaching toward the water' (option C). The figure reaching towards the water is prominent in the painting, symbolic of human empathy towards Icarus's plight. However, in William's rendition of the scene, he chooses to omit this character. His intention seems to emphasize the indifference of the world to individual human tragedy, working to depict a broader view of life where tragedies occur but the world continues spinning nonetheless.

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