John Hagney Reads “Musee Des Beaux Arts” by W.H. Auden

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English - June 01, 2020 15:00 - 2 minutes - 124 Bytes - ★★★★★ - 8 ratings
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All of this week's readings are examples of ekphrastic verse, in which the poem is inspired by another work of art. Today's poem responds to the painting "Landscape with the Fall of Icarus" by Pieter Brueghel (Click for more info on this week's reader)