33+ The Fall Of Icarus Poem Background. Unsignificantly off the coast there was. A splash quite unnoticed this was icarus drowning.
The main subject of this poem is the death of icarus.
Williams' masterful creation of the poetic williams might also be referring to himself in the poem as the victim. Stories told us that icarus fell when he disobeyed his father on not to fly high near the sun because it will melt the wax on his wings but is that all? ~ according to brueghel when icarus fell it was spring a farmer was ploughing his field the whole pageantry of the year was awake tingling with itself sweating in the sun that melted the wings' wax insignificantly off the coast there was a splash quite unnoticed this was icarus drowning. Make your imagination run wild.