No Second Troy by William Butler Yeats Poems Summary Notes and Line by Line Explanation in English for Students

Introduction ‘No Second Troy,’ a 12-line poem, is written to Maud Gonne, who got married to John MacBride in 1903 to Yeats’ great distress. Yeats was devastated by Maud’s unexpected marriage with John MacBride in February 1903. Yeats loved the Irish revolutionary Maud Gonne, but she declined his marriage offer. ‘No Second Troy’ was written … Read more