Exercise: Musée des Beaux Arts

Exercise

Find the poem “Musée des Beaux Arts” by W.H. Auden and then respond to the following essay prompt:

In Musée des Beaux Arts, what does Auden present as the most important feature of Bruegel’s painting Landscape with the Fall of Icarus? Compare three features.

This is as assignment for a mini essay. Use integrated quotations from the poem and analyze each quotation. Format the essay in MLA with a Works Cited (even when you’re only using one source, you still need a Works Cited like the one below). Ask your instructor for a word count requirement.

Works Cited

Auden, W.H. “Musée des Beaux Arts”. Emory English Department. http://english.emory.edu/classes/paintings&poems/auden.html. Accessed 28^th July 2020.