This is, as ever, both readable and insightful. I first read ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’ many, many years ago, and for a long time thought it was just about one painting in particular, not a number of them. It took listening to Frank Skinner’s poetry podcast on it for the penny to
This is, as ever, both readable and insightful. I first read ‘Musée des Beaux Arts’ many, many years ago, and for a long time thought it was just about one painting in particular, not a number of them. It took listening to Frank Skinner’s poetry podcast on it for the penny to
drop. Which is worth a listen.
Love reading about the interplay of art, the written word, and history
Thank you, a beautiful piece. This poem, and The Shield of Achilles, are two of the most profound (and chilling) poems of the 20th century.
Yes this has to be right. And the extended meaning - totallt.
A truly eccentric reading given that the poem describes, quite precisely, what is shown in The Fall of Icarus. But to each his own.
I'm not sure what to say to this that isn't in the piece!