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line 14 - subject changes to Icarus
When does a shift occur in the poem?
Someone dies and life goes on as humans fail to recognize the suffering of others.
What is a theme of this poem?
Museum of Fine Arts
What is the title in English?
refers to the elderly being wise
What is the connotation of "The Old Masters"?
Old people are eagerly awaiting for death and to be born again into the afterlife while children want to enjoy their youth and experience life, not thinking toward death.
Tragic deaths continue to occur as the monotonous meaningless activities and instances occur as well.
For example, as Icarus fell to his death, no one acknowledged him as important or tried to help him.
What is a summary of the poem?
When people go to a museum, they can either appreciate the art and acknowledge is beauty or disregard it. The artists die, but their art lives on.
What is the meaning of the title?
dying and being born again into the afterlife
What is the connotation of "miraculous birth"?
dismal, foggy
What is the tone of the poem?
The elderly eagerly anticipate death and rebirth into new life (afterlife) while the youth dread the idea of death, seen as an endpoint to their playful living.
What is a theme of this poem?
the ordinary, mundane
What is the connotation of lines 12-13?