Homework 4/10

Siren Song
this poem is about the song that Sirens, half-woman, half bird-water nymphs, sang to lure sailors to their deaths. the Siren says that everyone wants to know the song but the only people who have heard it are dead or cannot remember it. the siren does not want to be in her bird suit looking picturesque and mythical and it seems as though she is trying to make a deal with someone to rescue her. she says that she will tell them and only them the secret to the song if they get her out.

Ulysses
this is a poem told through the perspective of Ulysses, the hero of the trojan war, at the end of his life. he is reflecting on his life to this point, and seems to be "handing the reins over" to his son telemachus because ulysses is leaving with his crew to go back out at sea. the reason he is doing this is because he has done a lot in his life and cannot sit around and wait to die. and although he and his crew are not as strong as they once were, they are still very strong willed.

Leda and the Swan
this is poem describes how Zeus, in the form of a swan, has his way with Leda, a beautiful Spartan queen.