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"Icarus" The poem "Icarus" was composed in 1924 by an American poet named Edward Field. It discusses, like other poems concerning Icarus, about the often uncaring nature of humans. Field illustrates this point by the first line of this poem. It speaks of the drowning of Icarus and the suspicious feathers found surrounding his body, which would lead others to believe that what occurred, was more than the usual drowning. It says that "So the report …

…was childlike, he did not believe the consequence of death, or simply the failure of something, could possibly ever happen to him. It also discusses the lack of care exhibited to one another in human nature. This is mythologically expressed when Auden writes about the ploughman and sail! ing ship being unmoved by the fall of Icarus. The once common concern for another's well being has become almost non existent in today's society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**