In the first chapter, he deals with contemporary gender issues. The title of the thesis is: The Different Voices of Women in English Renaissance Poetry. The notion of gender relates to the fixed gender roles of this period. This assignment mainly deals with the issue of the difference between gender roles among male and female poets. In addition, to refine the research, only four Elizabethan poets, specializing in religious poetry. Poets such as John Donne, George Herbert, Mary Sidney Herbert and Aemelia Lanyer. The reason for choosing these poets is that their work sometimes depicts women both negatively and positively in their religious poetry. This assignment attempts to see the different voices of women in Elizabethan religious poetry. The Elizabethan period had certain cultural expectations for men and women. In other words, women were treated differently from men, who could maintain their own stable careers. Additionally, men from upper-class families such as Sidney and Herbert received education in Latin and Greek. However, there was a certain amount of poetry written by women. Poets such as Mary Sidney, who edited the work of her late brother Philip and also translated poetry from Latin into English. The other female poet, Aemilia Lanyer, was under the Countess of Cumberland and learned to read and write, which was only required for men. However, these poets lived in a time when there were strong cultural expectations, for example that women should not pursue male-centered careers, but rather take care of the household. While men were expected to participate in epic battles and work to earn money. The religious position of the four speakers varies. The fact of their divergence middle of paper ......f the speaker is filled with a flood of anger. The image of water signifies calm, but it is used as destructive. Thus, Mary Sidney portrays women as calm people. While she portrays men as negative. Therefore, she gives a voice to women by illuminating them as misunderstood people. To summarize, these poets portray women in various ways, for example, Donne depicts woman as holy, while Lanyer gives voice to women by portraying them as pure people. . On the other hand, Herbert describes women as a love and guide in life. In relation to Mary Sidney, she portrays women as powerful, but voiceless due to the corruption of men on earth. Overall, these poets describe various ideas about gender and how we perceive gender roles. In other words, gender roles were not fixed in this era, but were described differently in Renaissance religious poetry..