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A sudden blow: the great wings beating still |
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- ↑ In Greek mythology, Zeus appears to Leda in the form of a swan and rapes her. She gives birth to Helen and Clytemnestra. This act marks the beginning of Greek civilization for Yeats.
- ↑ Continuing the images of penetration and destruction—here, this alludes to Troy’s walls being breached by the Argives, but it also suggests that Leda was a virgin.
- ↑ The destruction of Troy.
- ↑ Agamemnon was murdered by Clytemnestra’s lover upon his return from Troy. He pretty much deserved it.
- ↑ Compare this to the ending of “The Second Coming” where Yeats also asks a question that can’t be answered.