Thursday, March 18, 2010

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Myth’s river – where his mother
dipped him, fished him, a
slippery golden boy flowed on,
his name on its lips.

Without him, it was prophesied,
they would not take Troy.

Women hid him, concealed him
in girls’ sarongs; days of
sweetmeats, spices, silver songs …

But when Odysseus came, with an
athlete’s build, a sword and a shield,
he followed him to the battlefield,
the crowd’s roar,

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But then his heel, his heel, his heel …

Identify the protagonist of the poem. 


8 comments:

varun said...

achilles

Gokul said...

Achilles

Aviral said...

Achilles

Nihar said...

Achilles!
maybe you should blank out "myth's river" and "heel"

Nihar said...

Achilles!
maybe you should remove "myth's river" and "heel"
cheers, nice question anyway

can you add my blog
http://the-quizzard.blogspot.com/
to your blogroll
I shall do the same.
Thanks,
Nihar

shibin azad said...

david beckham...
i too watched sports center...!
:P
good question..

Santosh M H said...

Carol Ann Duffy! hehe this is related to Beckham's injury rite !

Abhiram M K said...

david beckham it is !!!