The poem
Why should I blame her that she filled my days With misery, or that she would of late Have taught to ignorant men most violent ways, Or hurled the little streets upon the great. Had they but courage equal to desire? What could have made her peaceful with a mind That nobleness made simple as a fire, With beauty like a tightened bow, a kind That is not natural in an age like this, Being high and solitary and most stern? Why, what could she have done, being what she is? Was there another Troy for her to burn?
No Second Troy is a wonderful poem of W.B Yeats. He opens his words with a question and ends with a question. He opens with "Why should I blame her that she filled my days." And closes with "Was there another Troy for her to burn?" These two questions beg a number of interpretation from the readers. For instance,why should Yeats open and close his poem with questions? What does he mean by the word "blame" in the…
Read the whole commentNo Second Troy is a wonderful poem of W.B Yeats. He opens his words with a question and ends with a question. He opens with "Why should I blame her that she filled my days." And closes with "Was there another Troy for her to burn?" These two questions beg a number of interpretation from the readers. For instance,why should Yeats open and close his poem with questions? What does he mean by the word "blame" in the first line? And, what does he mean by the phrase "second Troy". Does he mean that there would be a "real second war of Troy" if he blame his lover? Who is "she", the one that has filled his days? Is she Helen of Troy whose beauty is able to lauch a thousand ships? Or, Is she Maud Gonne, the one that steal his heart?
This poem is one of Yeats' characteristics of good metrical poems. Like other poems of Yeats, this poem is also grouped in iambic pentameter.The rhyme and rhythm are also interesting to read and to learn.
It might be better for us, readers or learners of literature, to compare this poem with "Leda and the Swan". This poem is also take Greek Mythology. For example, Zeus came to fall in love with Leda and made himself to be a swan and rape Leda.
thanx for explaining this poem
paraphrase of no second troy
plz give me paraphrase of No second troy.It is a good poem of love.