Read the excerpt from Queen Elizabeth’s Response to Parliament's Request That She Marry. For I assure you (what credit my assura
nce may have with you, I cannot tell, but what credit it shall deserve to have, the sequel shall declare) I will never in that matter conclude any thing that shall be prejudicial to the realm. For the weal, good and safety whereof, I will never shun to spend my life. Which excerpt from Queen Elizabeth’s Address to the Troops at Tilbury shares the common purpose of persuading her audience that she is willing to do what is best for England? We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery. I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too. By your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of God, of my kingdoms, and of my people.
The excerpt from Queen Elizabeth's Address to the Troops at Tilbury that shares the common purpose of persuading her audience of her willing to do what is best for England is:
2. I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die among you all.
England was facing the Spanish invasion and the troops gathered at Tilbury Camp to defend their territory. Queen Elizabeth's willingness to die among her subdits, leaving the comfort of the distance of danger, persuades her troops of her interest for England and her people.
I did one once about the Holocaust. I talked about how the Jews survived and the Nazis failed to succeed. In the poem, I related the Nazis to a storm and the Jews to people on a wooden ship out at sea.
