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W.B.Yeats And Leda And The Swan
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Given the odd tales brought to us by Greek mythology, one could very well imagine the stories having been unearthed from some antique tabloid magazine. In the case of Leda, subject of W. B. Yeats' poem "Leda and the Swan," the banner headline may have run as follows: "WOMAN IMPREGNATED BY SWAN, F ....
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....(back of the neck) with his bill, and forcing himself on her. Yet, paradoxically, the bestial swan is also tender, the webs of his wings caressing her thighs. This is also a factor in the next stanza
Quatrain two finds Leda perhaps beginning to yield to the Zeus-swan, because of the swan's beauty more than anything else. We see an inner struggle as Leda wants to push away the bird, but is stopped by its "feathered glory" (6). Its "strange heart beating where it lies" (8) fascinates her, this.... |
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