Belphoebe Belphoebe Belphoebe (or "Belphebe", "Belphœbe") is a character in Edmund Spenser's poem "The Faerie Queene" (1590), a representation of Queen Elizabeth I (conceived of, however, as a pure, high-spirited maiden, rather than a queen). Spenser intended her name to mean "beautiful Diana" (Phoebe being an epithet of the Greek moon goddess Artemis, who was known to the Romans as Diana), and it is suggested that she is a member of Poseidon's family. A virgin huntress, Belphoebe can certainly fight, as a potential rapist found out. She is the stronger, militant sister of Amoret. Belphoebe is mentioned in Kipling's poem "The
Elvis's Twin Sister its use of colloquial language. The poem goes on to describe Elvis's sister as a nun in a convent, tending its garden. At Poetry Live in London, Duffy performed the poem herself on 1 December 2008. Elvis's Twin Sister "Elvis's Twin Sister" is a frequently cited poem by Carol Ann Duffy that is said to reflect "the hidden lives of generations of overlooked women" as part of the collection "The World's Wife", of 30 similar poems dealing with the female relatives of famous men throughout history. The poem is sometimes studied by schoolchildren in the United Kingdom as part of