Hilda Doolittle Summary
Hilda Doolittle had written many poems on the Greek figure Helen. All the poems from a different perspective with different opinions. Helen was said to be the daughter of Zeus, god of the sky and Leda, wife of king Tyndareus of Sparta. Described as the most beautiful woman to walk the earth it’s no wonder she caused a war between the leaders of Greece and Troy of who would get to marry her. This poem is describes the extreme hate that Greeks now harbour for her because of the thousands of deaths she caused. This poem contains lots of interesting sounds and ironic imagery.
The most important images in the poem is all of Helen’s body parts. Never in the poem does it describe her as a whole, almost as if the Greeks don’t want to see her whole,
The most important images in the poem is all of Helen’s body parts. Never in the poem does it describe her as a whole, almost as if the Greeks don’t want to see her whole,