Click to read "Musée des Beaux Arts," by W. H. Auden. Then answer the question
How would Auden most likely rewrite the following line(s) of the poem if
Brueghel's painting had depicted the farmer rescuing Icarus?
the ploughman may
Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry,
But for him it was not an important failure
A. The line would remain unchanged.
B. the ploughman most surely
Have heard the splash, the forsaken cry.
But for him it was not an important failure
C. the ploughman
heard the splash, the forsaken cry,
And for him it was a concerning situation
D. the ploughman could not
Have heard the splash, the silent cry,
So for him it was not an important failure