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Compare Poes Helen with H.D.s in her poem Helen. How do the twoversions of the mythic woman differ?
 
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Why does Poe invoke the name of Helen to address his beloved?
 
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Reply #1 on: Jul 20, 2018
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  • Both Helens are cool and stillPoe calls his Helen statue-like, H.D. speaks of her Helens still eyes, wan face, and cool feet. But while Poes poem is a hymn of loving praise to Helens beauty, H.D.s Helen is an object of hatred because her beauty sparked a long and terrible war. Ultimately, Poes Helen seems to be an abstract symbol of female beauty whereas H.D. imagines a real woman who has caused the death and destruction.



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  • Poe calls his beloved by the name of the legendary beauty because he wants to indicate that she, like the original Helen, is supremely beautifulso beautiful that one can imagine men fighting wars over her.



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