Unlike many retellings of the myth of Icarus, the poem's speaker in "Icarus's Flight" suggests that Icarus did the right thing. Explain how the speaker's point of view differs from Icarus's father's point of view in "The Flight of Icarus" using evidence from the text to explain your thinking. Write your response below.

Which of the following is often true of reinterpretations of traditional stories in different media, such as painting or sculpture? o a. the main plot of the story changes. b. the perspective changes. o c. the characters stay the same. d. the theme differs. submit

Which word best describes the meaning of the word putrescent? a. earthy b. floral c. rotten d. strong

If music be the food of love, play on; give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, the appetite may sicken, and so die. that strain again! it had a dying fall: o, it came o'er my ear like the sweet sound, that breathes upon a bank of violets, stealing and giving odour! now read the excerpt from "the love song of j. alfred prufrock." for i have known them all already, known them all: have known the evenings, mornings, afternoons, i have measured out my life with coffee spoons; i know the voices dying with a dying fall beneath the music from a farther room. what does the phrase "dying fall" most likely mean in both excerpts