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Leda and the Swan

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Poem by W.B. Yeats about rape that a student loves but classmates find disgusting and want banned, central to debate about disturbing content in literature.

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"I love Yeats 'Leda and the Swan', its probably one of my favourite poems ever, but when we looked at it in class a few of the girls said they found it disgusting, violent etc and disregarded it entirely because it was about rape."
Friends judging me for liking poems with rape elements · u/Loud_Ninja_7537 · ↑33 · 2025-11-11
"I love Yeats 'Leda and the Swan', its probably one of my favourite poems ever, but when we looked at it in class a few of the girls said they found it disgusting, violent etc and disregarded it entirely because it was about rape."
Friends judging me for liking poems with rape elements · u/Loud_Ninja_7537 · ↑33 · 2025-11-11
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