What are the motifs in Leda and the Swan by William Butler Yeats?

Asked by bookragstutor on 20 Aug 04:38

Last updated by Cat on 18 May 04:23

Answered by Cat on 18 May 04:23

Control and brutality are both motifs in the poem. The swan, who is really Zeus, raped and discards the girl from his beak. She falls from the air.