Leda and the Swan
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- Created by: twassell
- Created on: 24-03-14 18:06
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- Leda and the Swan
- Context
- Zeus turns into a swan to **** Leda
- Allegorical - symbolic story of relationship between Ireland and England
- Originally written for politics, representing the fall and corruption of Ireland parallel with Troy
- Quotes
- 'He holds her'
- 'H' sounds represent a panic in breathing
- 'Before the indifferent break could let her drop?'
- Typical Yeats rhetorical question - questions if is Leda a victim or is she gaining powers from the gods?
- Is Ireland a victim of England or is she gaining power?
- Typical Yeats rhetorical question - questions if is Leda a victim or is she gaining powers from the gods?
- 'Brute blood'
- Alliteration of plosives show aggression
- 'He holds her'
- Form
- Sonnet - usually about love but Yeats corrupts its innocence by using theme of ****
- Caesure Volta (Italian sonnet) - 8 + 6 line, octaves, pause between 3rd and 4th stanza
- Context
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