Next Section Character List Previous Section Poem Text How To Cite in MLA Format Romano, Via. Will review the submission and either publish your submission or provide feedback. You can help us out by revising, improving and updatingĪfter you claim a section you’ll have 24 hours to send in a draft. Yeats suggests that through mating with a god, Leda is able to have a vision of the future and sees the horrible fate that will befall Clytemnestra, the daughter she has just conceived with Zeus before he "indifferently" lets her go. The second stanza focuses on the actual act of their mating and the violence of it, and the the third and final stanza focuses on the act of Leda getting pregnant. The first stanza opens with Zeus, in swan form, attacking and subduing Leda so he can mate with her. Yeats narrates the story of Leda when she was raped by the god Zeus in the form of a swan. The second stanza focuses on the actual act of their mating and the violence of it, and the the third and final. With Zeus she also had Helen of Troy and with Tyndareus she had Clytemnestra 1. Yeats narrates the story of Leda when she was raped by the god Zeus in the form of a swan. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Leda and the Swan is a Greek legend in which the all powerful God Zeus, taking the form of a beautiful swan, seduces Leda, Queen of Sparta, giving birth to an egg from which the twins Castor and Pollux hatched. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.
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