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Yeats swan poem6/27/2023 It was included in Yeats's 1924 collection, The Cat and the Moon, and certain poems, and reprinted in his 1928 collection, The Tower.Ĭombining psychological realism with a mystic vision, the poem describes the rape of Leda, in which Zeus came to Leda in the form of a swan. Leda and the Swan" was originally published in The Dial in 1924. So mastered by the brute blood of the air,ĭid she put on his knowledge with his powerīefore the indifferent beak could let her drop? The broken wall, the burning roof and tower The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?Īnd how can body, laid in that white rush,īut feel the strange heart beating where it lies? How can those terrified vague fingers push He holds her helpless breast upon his breast. A sudden blow: the great wings beating stillĪbove the staggering girl, her thighs caressedīy the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,
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