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    "No Second Troy" by William Butler Yeats, a great

    Irish poet, is poem about the love relationship


    between the poet and Maud Gonne, devastatingly
    beautiful Irish woman. The poem hints that how an
    dazzling beauty can cause a devastating massive
    distraction with the reference to Helen of Troy,
    from the Iliad and the Aeneid.

    Helen, a legendary character from Homer's Iliad,


    was considered to be one of the most beautiful
    women of her age. She was also partly responsible
    for starting the Trojan War, which eventually led to
    the burning of the great city of Troy.

    With the comparison to Helen, Yeats is accusing


    Maud Gonne of being partially responsible for the
    violence in revolutionary Ireland, just like Helen
    was partially responsible for the Trojan War.
    According to "No Second Troy," she "taught to ignorant
    men most violent ways."

    Gonne is a courageous and devastatingly beautiful


    woman. She is also a cruel lover and a shamelessly
    irresponsible activist. She uses her beauty and her
    high ideals to convince people less noble and
    intelligent to do what he considers some very
    unwise things, like oppose the might of the British
    colonial powers.

    First, the poet says:


    “WHY should I blame her that she filled my days
    With misery… …?”
    The speaker blames Maud Gonne for filling his life
    with unhappiness. We can only assume that the
    reason for his "misery" is that she rejected him
    again and again. Yeats is talking about the role
    Maud Gonne played in encouraging violent,
    revolutionary activities in Ireland during the
    independence movement.

    The speaker accuses Maud Gonne of class warfare,


    trying to make poor, simple people, who live in the
    "little streets", the native people, rebel against the
    more powerful people who live on the "great"
    streets, the British.It indicates that the common
    folk have the "desire" to overthrow British rule, but
    they don't have the "courage" to carry out the
    deed. They are too impoverished and uneducated.

    Last of all we can say that, the poem “No Second


    Troy” is a strong call towards peace leaving the
    violent way of war or destruction. The poem
    appeals that no beauty like Helen of Troy or to-
    day’s Maud Gonne will cause the destruction of
    another beauty like “Troy”. There will remain only
    peace and love in the world.

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