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What ideas about Queen Anne’s rule appear in “Windsor-Forest”?
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Alexander Pope
Alexander Pope, portrait by Thomas Hudson, c. 1739; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.
In his poem "Windsor-Forest," published in 1713, Alexander Pope celebrates the reign of Queen Anne by drawing a parallel to the Roman poet Virgil. Just as Virgil used his work to celebrate the rule of Augustus, Pope frames Queen Anne’s governance as a period of stability and prosperity, transitioning the poem's tone from a pastoral style to a georgic one to honor her leadership.1