Answer :
Auden's poem 'Musée des Beaux Arts' includes the image of 'the boy in the sky,' in contrast to Brueghel's painting which omits this detail and emphasizes the indifference of life continuing as Icarus falls.
In W.H. Auden's poem Musée des Beaux Arts, the poet includes the element of the boy in the sky, which is not depicted in Pieter Brueghel's painting of Icarus.
While Brueghel's painting, Landscape with the Fall of Icarus, focuses on the indifference of the peasants and the continuation of life as Icarus drowns in the sea, Auden's poem brings to the forefront the tragic fall by mentioning the boy falling out of the sky and continues with the theme of human suffering being ignored by others.
This element starkly contrasts with the focus of Brueghel's painting, which is on the plowman and the agricultural landscape, signifying how life goes on despite the monumental event taking place.
