![]() ![]() ![]() In another rhetorical question, his response is that she cannot as the blur of “the white rush” of the feather of swan may not let her feel the heartbeat of his body. Yeats rhetorically questions whether Leda has enough power in her fingers to prevent parting of her thighs and preventing her ruin. In this assault, Zeus is trying to rape the girl. He puts his beak on her neck and overpowers her. This violent grab continues with his wings beating the girl and feet grabbing her. It is the Greek god, Zeus, who has taken the form of a swan and attacked the girl to sexually rape her. “ Leda and the Swan” As a Representative of Sex and Violence: The poet opens the poem with the swan beating his wings on the girl.The popularity of the poem, however, lies in its mythical relations of the Irish national struggle. Later, Yeats included it in his collection that appeared in the same year under the title of, The Cat and the Moon and Certain Poems. It, however, first appeared in the month of June in 1924 in a magazine, The Dial. Popularity of “Leda and the Swan”: “Leda and The Swan” by William Butler Yeats, the Irish poet, is an interesting piece. ![]()
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