L Pretest: Unit 3 Question 10 of 13
Click to read "The Story of Icarus and Daedalus," by Ovid and "Musée des
Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question.
Which line(s) from the poem parallel(s) this portion of Ovid's myth?
Icarus, the boy, stood and watched, unaware that he was
witnessing his downfall. Sometimes he ran to gather up
the feathers which the wind had blown away, and then
handled the wax and worked it over with his fingers,
making it difficult for his father to work. When at last the
work was done, Daedalus, waving his wings, found himself