Poems of W.B. Yeats: The Rose
Why the poet uses ‘Troy’ in this poem?
No Second Troy by William Butler Yeats
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No Second Troy by William Butler Yeats
The speaker is making a comment about how this woman treats the Irish commoners. He accused her of wanting to destroy people. Because there is no "second Troy" for her to destroy (note the allusion to ancient Greek myth) she chooses Irish commoners to destroy.