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Biodiversity and Humans
Pretest: Unit 3
Question 15 of 22

Click to read "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus," by William Carlos Williams. Then answer the question.

Which line(s) from the poem show(s) the reader that the poet has based the poem on a painting?

A. "the whole pageantry"
B. "According to Brueghel"
C. "a farmer was ploughing/his field"
D. "sweating in the sun"



Answer :

Final answer:

The line 'According to Brueghel' indicates that the poet based the poem on a painting by Pieter Brueghel the Elder.


Explanation:

According to Brueghel, the line from the poem shows that the poet based the poem on a painting. The painting referenced in the poem is 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, which depicts the tragic myth of Icarus falling to earth after flying too close to the sun. The poem and the painting share themes of human labor and the idea that life goes on despite individual tragedies.


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