"The
World's the Theater where she did act.
No
memories, nor volumes can contain,
The
Nine Olymp'ades of her happy reign,
Who
was so good, so just, so learn'd, so wise,
From
all the Kings on earth she won the prize."
- Anne Bradstreet, In Honour of that High and Mighty Princess, Queen Elizabeth
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Analysis
Bradstreet's
love of Queen Elizabeth and her political prowess is a reminder of
the 21st
century kinds of leaders available in rare quantities, like Hillary
Clinton as a Secretary of State. Clinton's political prowess could
have certainly been like the Queen's, since "The World's the
Theater where she did act." Queen Elizabeth is also like a
Gloria Steinem, who was a queen in her own right and politically
challenged patriarchy, since Queen Elizabeth "From all the Kings
on earth she won the prize." Indeed, Steinem and Clinton won,
but were also "so good, so just, so learn'd, so wise." For
Bradstreet, loving her sex is a heart swelling emotion; she wants the
love of the female sex to stay, and it shall never fade and become
eternal
~ Aaron Kennell
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