With this first poem treating the subject of the nativity of Christ, Milton is able implicitly to announce something like his own nativity as a poet.

因为它的主题是基督诞生，弥尔顿能够含蓄的宣告一些东西,比如他作为一个诗人从此诞生了。

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They're more like propositions, like speculations, that we're asked to test through empathic identification with, in this case, the poem's subject, Leda.

它们更像观点，像推测，而不是问题，叶芝问这些问题,以同情的口吻关注着，此诗的主题，丽达。

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