Helen

by HD

This poem is from her 1924 collection, Heliodora and Other Poems. Click here for the text. The text is also in The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Vol 1.

Drawing of Helen from Gail's Paper Dolls. Used by permission.

Discussion questions:

1. What is the mythological foundation of the poem?

2. What does Greece represent in the poem?

3. What does the poem imply about human nature? Are there implications regarding gender differences intermixed?

4. What is the effect of the final line?

Created by Stan Galloway 25 July 2005. Last updated 21 September 2007. Contact me at sgallowa@bridgewater.edu