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Queen Elizabeth I Never Married Duke Anjou
Although she had fallen in love with him, she was displeased with his views on issues such as politics and religion. Furthermore, there was a boundless resistance to the French suit by the people of England. Therefore, marrying the French duke would have greatly jeopardized her popularity and ultimately threatened her throne. In order to protect her country and its interests, Queen Elizabeth I never married Duke Anjou. Although this poem may illustrate her love for the French Duke, it also emphasizes her paradoxical emotions regarding her duty to the people of England.
Queen Elizabeth was known for being a very poised and spirited monarch who always had control of the rhetorical situations that she found herself in. In this poem, she demonstrates
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