poet illustrates this beautifully: "Great wings beating still above the staggering girl", "her thighs caressed by dark webs", "her nape caught in his bill", and "he holds her helpless". The second stanza depicts the act of penetration; the raping of Leda by the swan. "Her loosening thighs" and "laid in that right rush". The third stanza illustrates the sexual climax and the end of the rape: "engenders there" and "indifferent beak could let her drop".
             With the very first words we are lead into the atmosphere of the poem, "A sudden blow" these words are powerful, right from the beginning, they set the mood of the poem. They recreate the stunning impact and tension of the assault. This tension is carried throughout the entity of the poem.
             There is a verse in the poem, which I found particularly striking: "and Agamemnon dead." Because it is said in the first tercet, t
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