Musee de Beaux Arts
By W.H.Auden
Poem
The first half of the poem is, to me, a little hard to understand at first. I thought it must be dealing with the subject of ignorance when it comes to suffering but again I’m still a little confused on interpreting it. The second half, however, I found easier to understand. I would assume that it’s easier since it describes what is going on in Brueghel’s painting, The Fall of Icarus. It’s interesting how this portion of the poem seems to capture the attitude of the ploughman depicted in the painting. As Icarus is seen falling into the sea in the background the ploughman is described, in the poem, as being ignorant of the disaster which has taken place behind him as he has more important things to attend to.
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