Icarus By edward fields

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recaptureorholdontotheir"glorydays"Poets,similarly,trytorecapturethe"glorydays"ofclassicalmythology InEdwardField's"Icarus,"hecombinesthetwonicelybyadaptingIcarus'sheroicfallintotheseaintoa contemporarysettingBydescribingIcarus'stragiclifeaftersurvivinghisfall,thepoemfocusesonthe unacceptablymundanelifeofmodernsociety.FieldusescontrastingimagerytopaintthepictureofIcarus's orderly,restrainedlifeagainstthenow-gone"glorydays"of...

WrittenbyAmericanpoetEdwardField,thepoem"Icarus"isanintertextualpoemadaptingtheclassicmythof Icarusintothemodern,contemporarymilieu,usingasatiricalslanttolamentboththetragedyofthemodernIcarus andthedeathofthe'tragedy'genreinthismoderneraIntendingtodownsizethemythologicalandawe-inspiring Icarustoapatheticallytrivialexistencecommittedtodesperateactsoffutility,Fieldemploysrhetoricaldevices suchasironiccontrasts,litotes,andalliteration

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DaedalusandIcarusisamythologicalstorythatEdwardFieldplacedinmoderntimes.Daedalusisthefatherof Icaruswhowasdesperatetofleetheislandsohebuiltthemwingswithfeathersandwax.DaedalustoldIcarusto notflytoohighorthesunwillmeltthewaxbutIcarusforgotabouthisfather'sadvicecausinghiswingsto collapseandhimfallingintotheoceananddrowning.EdwardFieldchangedthestorysothatIcarussurvivedand swamtoamoderncityInIcarus,EdwardFieldputsIcarus

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IcarusisapoembyEdwardField,andisbasedontheclassicmythofDaedalusandIcarusbutwithatwist.Field tellsthestoryinacontemporarysettingasseenthroughhiseyesFieldusesmoderndiction,symbolism,irony,and imagerytoportrayIcarus'mythinacontemporarysettingthatisdullandmundane.InIcarus,Fieldusesalotof dictiontohelpthereaderunderstandthatthesettingisnowinacontemporarytimeFirstheuses"trying"and "anything"inthepoem,wordsthatwerenot...

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EdwardField'spoem,Icarus,isbasedontheGreekmythofDaedalusandIcarus;however,thestorytakesplacein moremodernsettingThereaderisabletotellthatthepoemislinkedtoIcarus'talewhenreading"onlythe feathersfloatingaroundthehat"(1).Bylookingatthisline,thereadercandivulgethattheyareIcarus'feathers andsymbolizehisdrowningDetailslikethesearenecessaryinthepoemtohelpthereaderunderstandwhatthe authoristrulysaying.UtilizingIcarus'tale...

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2015IcarusInthepoem"Icarus"byEdwardFieldisalludingtothemythofIcarusandDaedaluswhichissetina contemporarysetting.ThepoemtakesaspinonthemythwereinsteadofIcarusdrowning,heissetintoday's worldasthefallofthegreathero,nothingbutanordinarymanItrevealsthatIcaruscannothandlebeingjust ordinaryand"wisheshehaddrowned"(line30)Throughimagery,dictionandironyFieldsusesacontemporary settingtoconveythelifeofIcaruswhois...

Thepoem"Icarus"byEdwardFieldexploresthedownfallofamannamedIcarusfromglorytomediocrity.He crossedtheseawithhugewingstoescapeprison,butheflewtooclosetothesun,whichmeltedhiswings,causing himtofallintotheoceanFieldusesseveralliterarydevices,suchasconnotation,alliteration,metonymy,and repetition,toadapttheIcarusmythtoacontemporarysetting.TheauthorbeginsthepoembyillustratingIcarus's supposeddeathFieldclaimsthatonlythefloating

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transformedtofitdifferentcircumstancesinmodernsociety.Inhispoem,Icarus,EdwardFieldutilizesamyriadof differentliterarydevicesandtechniquestoadaptthisage-oldmythtoamorecontemporarysettingField illustrateshisinterpretationofthemythinamoderncontextthroughtheuseofsymbols,contemporary connectionstosociety,andstrongdictionAlso,hefocusesonotherviewsofthefallofIcarusinsteadofonlythe fallitself.Throughouthispoem,thesedeviceshelpto...

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