Locate and explain the following lines Helen being chosen found life flat and dull And later had much trouble from a fool These lines are taken from W B Yeats - poem A Prayer for My Daughter In this poem Yeats prays for the future life of his newborn daughter Anne He worries about the world and hopes that she will grow up with good qualities not just beauty To explain this point he gives the example of Helen of Troy In these lines Yeats talks about Helen the most beautiful woman in Greek mythology By Helen being chosen he means that she was chosen by Paris because of her great beauty Paris took her away to Troy But this choice did not bring happiness to Helen Instead her life became flat and dull Even though she was very beautiful her life did not become meaningful or peaceful The line