The poems you cover I have known by heart for 30 years. I(we) are home schooling our 13 year old and this poem would fall into the TMI generational embarrassment chasm! WS’s Sonnet 129 was one of the first poems we covered. I knew he’d be attracted to the language and I wanted to share the message, once a cheater always a cheater. You are a heroine around our house. Thank you.
@addisonkinsella7664 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for taking the time to do these. It has been so helpful for my online classes. Not having accessible times to reach my teacher makes discussing poems challenging. Your videos are great, thank you!
@wheremigoin9 ай бұрын
The sestet seems also to allude not just to the Trojan wall and war, but also to the mundane physical consequence of a torn hymen and blood that can result from rape. This reading makes the transition seem less abrupt, the incident more violent, and the poem more evocative. I came across this poem for the first time today, and appreciate your insightful exegesis.
@ClariceAust7 жыл бұрын
I studied Yeats many years ago and have forgotten much since. What a wonderful analysis and evocation of this powerful poem. Thank you, Professor. Best wishes.
@SixMinuteScholar7 жыл бұрын
Clarice Aust Thanks so much for your kind words, and I'm glad you reconnected with Yeats! The depth of his thought and, as you say, the power of his poems continue to challenge me.
@hcdelamusique9 жыл бұрын
The subject of rape is so prominent in mythology, and Leda and the Swan has been featured so often in classical art. It's a bit disturbing really, Yeat's portrayal of rape and its allusions to a "divine experience", but I really appreciated this analysis and your insight Rebecca.
@counterflow57195 жыл бұрын
A fleeting moment of pleasure for a God "engenders" in the mortal "victim" enormous personal consequences and even historical epochal consequences for human civilization. A mere momentary glimpse of inspiration into "the heavens" of immortality can have lasting effects that reverberate through history.
@beckachester38844 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your commentary on this. I’ve always love WB Yeats and now I have a deeper understanding of this poem.
@crislr68272 жыл бұрын
I was really struggling with the meaning of that action... your insight is so appropriate! Thanks so much for sharing this idea!!
@zeenatjamal65086 жыл бұрын
The message of the poem which you postulated is just awesome!
@magicknight132 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you so much for starting this KZbin channel!
@anuragroy49342 жыл бұрын
I deeply appreciate your insight on this. Thank you so much.
@irinakaranfilovska53415 жыл бұрын
I would have loved to have you as my professor. Brilliant work, thank you!
@shreyajaiswal23746 жыл бұрын
wow..very nice interpretation. Thanks for showing the poem in multiple angle. Particularly loved the part about creativity.
@hamidjaouhari8465 жыл бұрын
I would like to say thank you. it's really a brilliant work.
@hannahdonaldson95375 жыл бұрын
Citation info at the end was a great idea! Thank you!! I was wondering how I was going to cite this source!
@windywaters60065 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your time and the enlightenment.
@juliecovington24773 жыл бұрын
This was very insightful and intriguing. Thank you so much for explaining and walking us through the poem. 🤩
@erinmaddex53264 жыл бұрын
I truly love your content you have helped me so much with my intro to literature class! Thanks for explaining things so well! I really enjoy all your videos!
@trevorbarrett67627 жыл бұрын
As a songwriter and composer, I really appreciated your comments about the creative process. Thanks
@SixMinuteScholar7 жыл бұрын
TREVOR BARRETT Stay creative!
@lamasha3448 жыл бұрын
Now I can start studying and reviewing for my mythology exam! Thank you so much :)
@Pedro727405 жыл бұрын
Excellent! Thank you for these videos.
@annettemurphy834911 ай бұрын
❤Absolutely brilliant.
@beverlysimple4116 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video; I take an online literature class and me trying to understand the poem by myself was practically useless.
@sheilakozmin97553 жыл бұрын
I do not want to sound sacrilegious, but is the Christian story of the origins of Jesus, fathered by God imposed upon Mary a retelling of this myth? I could not help but see some parallels.
@mandyshar8 жыл бұрын
Amazing, thank you !
@SixMinuteScholar8 жыл бұрын
My pleasure!
@happybird49429 жыл бұрын
That wanton Zeus. Always gettin’ with the mortal ladies. Let’s hope Hera doesn’t find out about this.
@thebluesky6226 жыл бұрын
The way you explain is so interesting.
@dipsaha3296 жыл бұрын
Thank you madam...Just unravelled the most of it...yet i hv gathered a vague perception about the "brute blood of air"...
@hamedsoleymani40779 ай бұрын
Thank you very much.. very useful for my exam
@janedoe74569 жыл бұрын
Wonderfully done!
@Aranyakbolchi2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this explanation
@avahaidari20075 жыл бұрын
This is so helpful and a great analysis, thank you. What would you identify as the 3 major themes of this poem ?
@jlwilson14 жыл бұрын
Ava Haidari is that a question from one of your college courses LOL
@darktitanx1179 жыл бұрын
Great analysis!
@MajTian5 жыл бұрын
I have my first report in Comparative Literature. I'm having a hard time to find out the topic that was given to me, entitled: THREE VERSIONS OF YEATS: LEDA AND THE SWAN. Does the "VERSION" is pertaining to how many times Yeats wrote the poem, or Leda and the Swan has three versions? Thank you for answering my question.
@StephenS-20244 жыл бұрын
Very interesting. Thanks.
@d.manojlovic26558 ай бұрын
@sixminutescholar I love the later interpretation of the poem referring to creative force, but I have to say that I am puzzled on how you are not looking at their intercourse from a different angle as well? How are you 100% sure that it is a rape? Loosening ties are a complete opposite of someone being raped, it clearly says that she is leaning into the experience and living it, also she Feels the beating heart. Why couldn't it be that she was just surprised by it all. It was definitely overpowering because she is in contact with a force she's never experienced before so it is a new and strong, overpowering feeling, but she leans into it so again - a complete opposite of a rape. Loosening ties are describing someone who is giving into the divine moment, she is just struck (surprised) of the divine force but I definitely wouldn't say that she is being raped. She Feels the beating heart of the swan (passion, energy) and there is the touching of the neck- it is a moment of passion and therefore she is thinking - why or how would I resist this? Or in other words, when an artist gets struck by an inspiration it is definitely a very powerful feeling making YOU feel powerless over the force, but the feeling is so intense that you have no other choice than to accept it and live through it (write the poem, enjoy in a moment of passion you have never experienced before, paint a painting...you LET it go THROUGH you). So again, saying this is a rape for a fact is reading into the poem in a very "plastic" way. Think of it this way - when you are struck with a moment of divine inspiration does it really ask for your permission to enter? No. You are being taken advantage of it, but in a sense that you are just a medium, it goes through you but you are not RAPED, you are just experiencing it (so yes, you are the object here that is being used but I think saying this was an actual act of rape really ruins the Beauty of the whole poem. There is so much more here than it actually meets the eye, which is why it is so beautiful. And thank you for sharing the later view of the divine force flow - it helped me understand all the above and paint the whole picture
@machanrahan95914 ай бұрын
What a wonderful interprétation !
@tedjeancamahalan6497 жыл бұрын
Hi. Professor. Thanks so much. I now understand..
@heathcliffearnshaw14035 жыл бұрын
Yes. That was good, Rebecca. Thank you.
@shoutn2thevoidmedias9665 жыл бұрын
That was so good, thank you !
@michaelhall58708 жыл бұрын
This gave me goosebumps! The specificity of the act makes it so disturbing! Great Job!
@SixMinuteScholar8 жыл бұрын
So true! And thanks. :-)
@michaelhall58708 жыл бұрын
SixMinuteScholar You're welcome! What is your favorite piece(s) of literature?
@ashutoshsingha89955 жыл бұрын
Thanks ma'am....
@jacki82114 жыл бұрын
Very good, thanks!!
@thetruth82655 жыл бұрын
Thank u ma'am for your explanation ma'am
@suleymancetinkaya27555 жыл бұрын
I think Leda master of her fate
@trish26429 жыл бұрын
You're really good at explaining stories..Thanks! Um, is it okay if you do "The Most Dangerous Game" next? Thanks
@philcava62656 жыл бұрын
I like the "creative process" idea, but it is a very broad stroke and it would be nice to hear how it might be more closely mapped into the poem.
@SixMinuteScholar6 жыл бұрын
Yes, you make a good point. I see it as an idea descending from a surprising source, lodging in the artist, and coming to fruition in an artistic act. The ending would then be asking whether the artist is changed by touching the creative source or is merely the vessel and conduit left spent and shattered by the effort. This is still a reach, perhaps, but that's how it maps onto the poem in my mind.
@supriyasahu22025 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. .Thanks!
@basudebsahaa95224 жыл бұрын
Thanks mam
@nisharoy7614 жыл бұрын
Can you give a colonial discourse of the poem?
@ugcnetksetenglishliteratur43405 жыл бұрын
Thanks medma you will try to with subtitle
@styyle3105 жыл бұрын
Looked this up because my name is Leda
@jaydevmondal26544 жыл бұрын
Well said ma'am. Thank you very much 😄. In appearance you look exactly like a cute junior of mine who is a literature lover. I must say if you were a professor of our college I would have 100% attendance 😅💕😄
@gopikauk6 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@krishnayyabulla92246 жыл бұрын
thank you very much madam
@mostafafawaz78056 жыл бұрын
thank you dear
@SixMinuteScholar6 жыл бұрын
You're welcome!
@antonk63598 жыл бұрын
I think the word "still" is not implying stillness - which is incompatible with the preceding verb 'beating'. It is implying present tense time, i.e. it is a different (more poetic) wording of 'they are still beating' - the frantic act of rape is still happening after the colon.
@SixMinuteScholar8 жыл бұрын
Makes sense! Thank you.
@AB-kn3if5 жыл бұрын
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill, He holds her helpless breast upon his breast. How can those terrified vague fingers push The feathered glory from her loosening thighs? And how can body, laid in that white rush, But feel the strange heart beating where it lies? A shudder in the loins engenders there The broken wall, the burning roof and tower And Agamemnon dead. Being so caught up, So mastered by the brute blood of the air, Did she put on his knowledge with his power Before the indifferent beak could let her drop?