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Helen of Troy by Evelyn De Morgan (1898, London); Helen admiringly displays a lock of her hair, as she gazes into a mirror decorated with the nude Aphrodite.
Consider, please, Helen of Troy
Whose mug spelled doom for thousands of boys
The lads perished for nuffin
Helen's face is a MacGuffin
That conjures neither pleasure nor joy
~cie~
https://www.writersdigest.com/write-better-poetry/2021-april-pad-challenge-countdown-t-minus-5Write a MacGuffin poem
Please note that I am not implying that Helen is a MacGuffin. She is a critically important character from Greek mythology. The "MacGuffin" is Helen's face, as referred to in the line "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships?" from Christopher Marlowe's poem.
From the Wikipedia entry on Helen of Troy
Helen appears in various versions of the Faust myth, including Christopher Marlowe's 1604 play The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus, in which Faustus famously marvels, "Was this the face that launched a thousand ships / And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?" upon seeing a demon impersonating Helen.[89] The line, which is frequently quoted out of context,[89][91] is a paraphrase of a statement from Lucian's Dialogues of the Dead.
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