She feels that her writing is not good enough to write about topics such as war, kings, and historical topics
At this point in the poem Bradstreet feels that she lacks talent and that her work was "broken", "Blemished", and "foolish"
"A weak and wounded brain admits no cure"
"glistering gold but more to shine"
Anne Bradstreet felt that the people of Greece would appreciate her writing much more. As they were known to respect women as most of their mythological gods were female.