Found Poetry
At first I was a little worried that I was the only one to notice the 475th anniversary of Anne Boleyn's beheading. Then I signed on to Tumblr. Images of Showtime's The Tudors, The Lady of the Tower, and even replicas of Anne's necklace flooded the pages. I'm glad to see, despite the hate campaign of Henry VIII, she is still beloved and not forgotten. Some credit her as the impetus behind the English Reformation (not just as the lustful inspiration, but the provider of philosophy and insight. After all, Henry DID respect her knowledge, not just her looks). She gave England a lot more than Elizabeth I. Today, she still stands as a symbol of the oppressed feminine voice. Even today, she may have been seen as a shrew instead of as a scholar. Flowers adorn her grave in England today, as does poetry much like the works of her one-time lover Wyatt. Inspired, I have combined pieces of her final speech on the scaffold, love letters written to her, and historic documents to make...