The Musee De Beaux Arts

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is also written poorly because people don't deserve a well written poem. People don't notice the problems because people don't care. They don't get the point to the story about The Fall of Icarus because they don't care. Last a whole generation died in WWII because people don't care.
In the painting The Fall of Icarus the "ploughman" and the "delicate ship" did not just happen to be there; they were placed in the painting by the artist for a specific purpose - with the result that to Auden the true nature of suffering is shown. The necessity for recognition is Auden's comment on the reaction of people toward suffering in general. Certainly, the person who is being tortured realizes what suffering is, and certainly Icarus, his wings melted by the sun, knows suffering when he plunges toward the ocean. But what about the rest of humanity who are opening windows or "just walking dully along"? Even if they see forms of suffering, do they recognize it as such and feel anything? If you ...

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is haphazard and misleading, they attempt to make an artifact that is real and honest, without the frills and trivialities of everyday existence. In order to realize that you can do nothing about a particular human condition, you must first see it and then make up your mind. You cannot, for example, know that an accident victim is beyond all help unless you are at the scene of the accident. You cannot feel a sense of futility toward a person with an incurable disease unless you are certain that he has this particular disease. Auden doesn't attempt to better the world through his poem he blames people for the wrong they've done. He uses bad grammar because he doesn't think people have ...

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