Leda And The Swan Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGHIFGJ| A sudden blow the great wings beating still | A |
| Above the staggering girl her thighs caressed | B |
| By the dark webs her nape caught in his bill | A |
| He holds her helpless breast upon his breast | B |
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| How can those terrified vague fingers push | C |
| The feathered glory from her loosening thighs | D |
| And how can body laid in that white rush | E |
| But feel the strange heart beating where it lies | D |
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| A shudder in the loins engenders there | F |
| The broken wall the burning roof and tower | G |
| And Agamemnon dead | H |
| Being so caught up | I |
| So mastered by the brute blood of the air | F |
| Did she put on his knowledge with his power | G |
| Before the indifferent beak could let her drop | J |
William Butler Yeats
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