In Williams's poem, a farmer is the only witness to Icarus's fall, while Auden mentions both a ploughman and a ship.
In Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts," the fall of Icarus from the sky is often interpreted as representing human suffering. Despite his tragic fate, the event is depicted as a minor detail in the background of a larger painting, suggesting the indifference and detachment of the world to individual suffering.
Nothing. The syllable 'aud-' is a stem. The letters need an ending vowel, to give exact meaning. For 'auda-' and 'aude-' refer to 'boldness' and 'daring', and 'audi-' to 'hearing'. As examples, the noun 'audacia' means 'courage' or 'daring'; and the adjective 'audax' 'bold', 'courageous', or 'daring'. The noun 'audentia' means 'boldness' or 'courage', the adjective 'audens' 'bold' or 'daring', and the verb 'audere' 'to be daring', 'to bring oneself to', 'to dare', or 'to venture'. In contrast, the verb 'audire' means 'to hear'. Additionally, the nouns 'auditio', 'auditor', 'auditorium', and 'auditus' have the respective meanings of 'hearing or listening'; 'a hearer or listener'; 'a place of audience, court of justice, or lecture room'; and 'hearing' or 'the sense of hearing'.