The poem "Icarus" was composed in 1924 by an American poet named Edward Field. It discusses, like other poems concerning Icarus, about the often uncaring nature of humans. Field illustrates this point by the first line of this poem. It speaks of the drowning of Icarus and the suspicious feathers found surrounding his body, which would lead others to believe that what occurred, was more than the usual drowning. It says that "So the report filed and forgotten in the archives read simply 'Drowned,' but it was wrong." Icarus was said to have swum to a town nearby and had begun to restart a normal life. However, this aspect of normality was only a sight conceived by his neighbors. In hiding, Icarus would day after day attempt to rebuild his wings and would eventually fail mis
ing ship being unmoved by the fall of Icarus. The once common concern for another's well being has become almost non existent in today's society.
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