Write down the theme of the following poem (Not more than 50 words).
Helen being chosen found life flat and dull And later had much trouble from a fool, While that great Queen, that rose out of the spray, Being fatherless could have her way Yet chose a bandy-leggèd smith for man. It’s certain that fine women eat A crazy salad with their meat Whereby the Horn of Plenty is undone.
A Prayer to My Daughter by W.B. Yeats
Answer : In this stanza, Yeats recounts the miserable fate that befell the Helen of Troy and Venus. Both were immensely beautiful, but carried huge load of curse and suffering. They were condemned to marry a “fool” and a “bandy-leggèd smith”.
