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PICTURES FROM BRUEGHEL: 2. LANDSCAPE WITH THE FALL OF ICARUS by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: ACCORDING TO BRUEGHEL / WHEN ICARUS FELL
Last Line: A splash quite unnoticed / this was / icarus drowning
Subject(s): BREUGHEL THE ELDER, PIETER (1530-1569); ICARUS; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; BRUEGHEL THE ELDER, PIETER; BRUEGEL THE ELDER, PIETER;

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