Why might a woman in 1680 have written and published a poem like Aphra Behn's "The Disappointment"? What image of Aphra Behn--as author of this poem--do we get?

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Read the four poems:

John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, "The Imperfect Enjoyment" (ed. Jack Lynch)

Aphra Behn, "The Disappointment" (ed. Ian Lancashire)

Jonathan Swift, "The Lady's Dressing Room" (ed. Jack Lynch)

Mary Wortley Montagu, "The Reasons that Induced Dr. S. to write a Poem called 'The Lady's Dressing Room'"

Then write 400 words to answer this question :

· Why might a woman in 1680 have written and published a poem like Aphra Behn's "The Disappointment"? What image of Aphra Behn--as author of this poem--do we get?

No reference needed just your opinion and use some quotations from the poem.