Analyzing Ekphrastic Poetry Answers

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What does the difference in size between Icarus and the farmer at the forefront most clearly suggest?

The farmer plays a bigger role in the landscape than Icarus.

Icarus's drowning is more dramatic than the farmer's work.

Icarus and the farmer are of equal importance.

Icarus and the farmer are at an equal distance from the ship.

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How do the words pageantry, awake, and tingling relate to the painting?

They emphasize the painting’s small depiction of Icarus drowning.

They describe the vibrant landscape depicted in the painting.

They suggest that the farmer and shepherd are unware of Icarus.

They reinforce the idea that Icarus’s wings melted in the sun.

What observation about suffering does this passage most clearly suggest?

Ordinary life continues for people even when others are suffering.

It is easy to feel sympathy when others are suffering.

The suffering of one person is always meaningful to others.

People are cruel and do not care about the suffering of others.

How does the description of the ploughman, or farmer, in the last stanza relate to the idea of suffering conveyed in the first stanza?

It illustrates that one person's tragedy is a tragedy for all.

It illustrates that it is important to look out for others.

It emphasizes how one person's tragedy might not affect someone else.

It reflects the unity of people in times of need.

Which ideas from the poem are best reflected in the painting? Check all that apply.

The ship sailed on.

People may have heard Icarus's fall.

The farmer continued ploughing.

Those on the ship perhaps saw Icarus.

The sun still shone.

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