![]() ![]() Zeus, by his rape of Leda, begot not only Helen but also the whole consequence of Helen: the fall of Troy, and the death of the Greek heroes. In the form of sonnet, this poem pictures Zeus’s rape of Leda and, in conclusion poses a question. ![]() Zeus, changing himself into a huge swan, raped the princess Leda, and out of that union was born Helen, whose elopement with Paris subsequently led to the Trojan War. The poem is based on an episode of ancient Greek mythology. Another feature is its unique form of a sonnet. This is a symbolic poem about history, but it also plays word games like in suggesting the intercourse in "broken wall". The problem posed in this poem is whether opposites ever coincide. The symbol of Leda is enriched by the previous poems, which focus upon Helen and the ruin of Troy. He sees Grecian civilization beginning with the myth of her eggs came love and war. The sonnet "Leda and the Swan" is a metaphorical treatment of the moment of annunciation, prompted by Yeats's felling that some studying point for a new cycle was imminent in his own period. This poem also illustrates Yeats’s philosophy that history moves in cycles of two thousand years each cycle is begun by the intervention (interfering) of the divine force and conception of divine being and ominous being alternately every two thousand years. ![]() For Yeats, this was the annunciation (announcement or marking point) of the whole era of destruction of a civilization especially in the Trojan War. ![]()
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