Starter quiz
- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Pieter Bruegel. What type of story was this inspired by?
- a moral
- a myth ✓
- a legend
- a fable
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- Starting with the first, put these plot points from the myth 'The Fall of Icarus' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire') in chronological order.
- 1⇔Daedalus and Icarus have been imprisoned by King Minos.
- 2⇔Daedalus creates wings from wax and feathers so they can fly away.
- 3⇔Daedalus tells his son not to fly too close to the sun.
- 4⇔Icarus flies higher and higher, enjoying the feeling of flying.
- 5⇔The wax begins to melt as Icarus flies close to the sun.
- 6⇔Icarus falls into the sea and drowns.
- 7⇔Daedalus offers his wings to the god, Apollo, and swears never to fly again.
- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Pieter Bruegel. Who is the smallest figure (person) in this painting?
- Icarus ✓
- Daedalus
- King Minos
- a shepherd
- a farmer
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- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Pieter Bruegel. Who is the largest figure (person) in this painting?
- Icarus
- Daedalus
- a farmer ✓
- King Minos
- a shepherd
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- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at a painting called 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Pieter Bruegel. Which of these people or things are captured in the picture?
- Icarus ✓
- sheep ✓
- a plough ✓
- ships ✓
- the wings made of wax and feathers
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- In the unit 'Myths and Legends', we look at a painting called 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' by Pieter Bruegel. Which of these people or things are not captured in the picture?
- Daedalus ✓
- sheep
- a plough
- the sun
- the wings made of wax and feathers ✓
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Exit quiz
- In the unit 'Myths, legends and stories that inspire', we look at three pieces of art about the same set of characters: Daedalus and Icarus. Starting with the first, put them in chronological order.
- 1⇔the Greek myth of the fall of Icarus
- 2⇔Pieter Bruegel's painting 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'
- 3⇔William Carlos Williams’s poem 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'
- A pupil argued, 'Pieter Bruegel's painting and William Carlos Williams's poem present Icarus’s death as trivial.' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire') What does trivial mean?
- significant
- unimportant ✓
- tragic
- hubristic
- humble
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- In Williams's poem 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire'), the poet uses no ______ throughout. This increases the pace we have to read the poem.
- 'punctuation' ✓
- In Williams's poem 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire'), there is no punctuation at the end of any of the lines. What is this technique called?
- stanzas
- enjambment ✓
- caesura
- alliteration
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- Match the first six stanzas of Williams's poem 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire') to its focus.
- 1⇔the season ✓
- 2⇔a farmer ✓
- 3⇔the lively natural world ✓
- 4⇔the sea ✓
- 5⇔the sun ✓
- 6⇔the coast ✓
- Williams's poem 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' ('Myths, legends and stories that inspire') is an ______ poem, which means a poem which describes a piece of art, and is inspired by it.
- 'ekphrastic' ✓
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Key learning points
- William Carlos Williams's 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus' is an ekphrastic poem.
- An ekphrastic poem is a poem which describes a piece of art, and is inspired by it.
- Each of Williams’s seven stanzas refers to something in Pieter Bruegel's painting 'Landscape with the Fall of Icarus'.
- Like Bruegel, Williams focuses on the natural world rather than Icarus himself.
- Each line of Williams’s poem is enjambed - there is no punctuation at the end of any of the lines.
Common misconception
Ekphrastic poems are poems inspired by someone or something.
Ekphrastic poems are poems inspired by a piece of art, and they describe that piece of art in the poem.
Keywords
Myth - stories which explain how the world began and what the world is like and why
Ekphrastic - a poem which describes a piece of art, and is inspired by it
Enjambment - when there is no punctuation at the end of a line of poetry
Trivial - unimportant
Pace - the speed of something
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