This is why in the final lines Williams refers to the death as “unsignificant.” Analysis of Landscape with the Fall of Icarus Lines 1-6 Although this is clearly a tragedy for his father, and for the man himself, no one notices. The young man, Icarus, has flown too close to the sun and is now drowning in the bay. In the next lines, he draws a reader’s attention to another part of the scene. There are people working, all to the benefit of themselves.

Williams takes the season and plays with the “pageantry” of everything associated with it. The season is depicted by Pieter Brueghel through the trees, the ploughing farmer, and the color choices. The poem being with the speaker stating that it was spring in which Icarus fell. ‘ Landscape with the Fall of Icarus’ by William Carlos Williams gives the reader a humanly dark description of a painting by Pieter Brueghel. Summary of Landscape with the Fall of Icarus They continue in their daily works, more concerned with progress than with the struggles of a fellow man. All around different people move about their lives. Also visible are limbs flailing in and out of the water. When looking at the painting, a viewer should take note of the small splash towards the bottom right corner. The boy, despite his father’s warnings, flew too close to the sun and melted the wax The moment that Icarus hits the water is shown in Bruegel’s work. In Greek mythology, the story goes that Daedalus, a master craftsman, and inventor, created wax wings for himself and his son, Icarus. The piece which was painted in the 1560s depicts a scene from the story of Icarus and Daedalus. Williams describes in his short stanzas the drama playing out within the painting. The title of this piece, as well as the scene described in the text, comes from a painting of the same name by the artist Pieter Brueghel. This fact stands true for this piece and the very similar work (that also describes a Brueghel painting) ‘Hunters in the Snow.’ But the poem is unified by one of the most obvious and notable features about Williams’ writing- the lack of end punctuation. William did not imbue this piece with a specific pattern of rhyme or rhythm.

‘ Landscape with the Fall of Icarus’ by William Carlos Williams is a twenty-four-line poem that is separated into sets of three lines, or tercets.

The fall of icarus