Icarus Diatribe By Aaron Pastula Analysis

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Betrayed. Ignored. Hurt. Everyone feels this way at some point in his or her life. This is how Icarus was feeling as he fell to his death. In the poem, “Icarus’ Diatribe,” Aaron Pastula writes the point of view as first person to show how Icarus is personally feeling.
The author shows the point of view by having Icarus talking and nobody responding. With this being said, the reader can also see Icarus’ personal feelings. Ultimately, he is feeling ignored because no one is listening to him and/or responding to him. In one stanza of the poem, the author writes, “I’ve watched your shadows sleep against stone walls...Alone.” This shows how there is someone else with Icarus but, they are ignoring him and not responding while he talks which makes

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