![]() ![]() Leda was completely 'caught up' and 'mastered' by the "brute blood of the air." The intercourse was physical, violent and emotional. With the mention of the broken wall and the turning point of history, the stanza is also broken in the middle of the third line. Clytemnestra killed her husband Agamemnon herself. The first part of the sestet is the claim related to the theme of history, and the rhetorical question in the last fragment supports the theme indirectly.' The ejaculation and conception of Helen and Clytemnestra (her sister) was also the conception of the destructive civilization symbolized by the broken wall and burning tower of the city Troy in the Trojan War. The octave was split in two stanzas the sestet is broken in its third line. This was destined (fixed) by fate.Īfter the description and meditation about the rape in the octave, the poet makes a claim that the conception was the seed of destruction and not of knowledge and wisdom. These questions are rhetorical, as when we say "who would believe such a thing?" The young girl surrendered to her own emotion and the swan conveniently raped her. He asks how Leda's body could help not feeling the heart or emotion of the swan. ![]() Then he "holds her helpless breast upon his breast." Contemplating (thinking) this situation, the poet wonders how she could resist the assault. She staggers as the swan climbs on her, holding her nape and caressing her thighs. "A Sudden blow" is received by a girl bathing in the river. ![]() ![]() The poem begins dramatically as it describes a dramatic event. ![]()
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