Saturday, October 3, 2015

I need a summary of Icarus Again by Alan Devenish.

The poem "Icarus Again" opens during what seems like a school
science experiment on flight. The recognition of the mythology character Icarus is
needed.


Icarus, needing to escape from Crete, uses wings his
craftsman father, Daedalus, created for him. Daedalus warns Icarus not to fly to close to the sun
for the fact the sun will burn the feathers and melt the wax from which the wings were
constructed.


Icarus, ignoring the warnings of his father, decides
that he loves the feeling of flying and soars close to the sun. Just as his father warned, the
wax on the wings melts and Icarus plummets to his death.


As for the
reference to Icarus in Devenish's poem, the mythological man is referenced as being reanimated in
the structures created by the children. Much like the man Icarus, the creations are seen
"exploding over and over again."


In the end, the speaker feels sorry
for the children. With happiness in their hearts they had thrown their creations off of the cliff
only to watch them crash to the earth. The "pure Icarian sky suddenly emptied of their child."
Love and faith is simply not enough: constantly "the light heart [is] pulling us
down."

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