Discuss how the poet approaches the subject of death in Anne Hathaway and 3 other poems'

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• Discuss how the poet approaches the subject of
  death in Anne Hathaway and 3 other poems.

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• In your introduction you need to name all four
  poems and relate them to the question.
• Now write your introduction
• Begin with this sentence
• Anne Hathaway presents the theme of death as a
  happy and hopeful one throughout the poem.
  November on the other hand

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• Anne Hathaway presents the theme of death as a
  happy and hopeful one throughout the poem.
  November on the other hand shows a sad and
  negative view of death with an old woman being
  taken to hospital or an old peoples home. On my
  first Sonne is about a father addressing his son
  after he has died, which shows a lot of love but
  also sorrow and anger at the loss. The Man He
  Killed is less personal there is an acceptance
  of death as a result of war, however
  incomprehensible.

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• Now you need to write your second paragraph. Deal
  with Anne Hathaway and how the poet approaches
  death in the poem.
• Make sure you use an example from the text and
  analyse.
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• The joyful aspect of Anne Hathaway comes
  across in the line, My living, laughing love
  which gives the impression that Shakespeare is
  still alive in her memory, the alliteration
  adding a lyrical quality to the line.
• This idea is reinforced by the following phrase,
  I hold him in the casket of my widows head.
  This shows us that Hathaway does not believe her
  husband is buried in a casket, but instead is
  kept alive in her head by the very memory of him.

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• Next, bring in another poem, using a
  compare/contrast sentence opening such as..
• In contrast to this.
• However, in
• Whereas, in the poem.
• Talk about November and how it treats the idea
  of death differently.

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• In contrast to this, November paints a sad and
  negative view of the grandma of John, the
  poets friend. This can be seen in her walk from
  the car, Grandma taking four short steps to our
  two, which shows how frail she is, and the fact
  that we have brought her here to die and we know
  it.
• This is very different to Anne Hathaway as she
  has a joyful, loving memory of her husband. She
  says his words were shooting stars which fell to
  earth as kisses emphasising their passion and
  celebration of their love.

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• This is now the central part of your essay
• So now, write a further point on November
  talking about the atmosphere of the poem whilst
  mentioning language choice.
• Try to incorporate the quotations you use within
  your sentences.

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• The atmosphere in November is sad. There is an
  acceptance in the poem, that we are all
  eventually going to die and that we can say
  nothing to stop it happening.
• I think the poet is trying to portray that fact
  that we cant stop death, just like we cant stop
  the evening, falling again. The poet also shows
  us that we have to accept death but we often
  cant, so we try and numb ourselves with
  alcohol.

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• Now relate this back again to Anne Hathaway,
  showing that you can compare the two effectively.
• Use the starting sentence,
• This is a very different atmosphere and view of
  death to Anne Hathaway, who..

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• This is a very different atmosphere and view of
  death to Anne Hathaway, who has memories of her
  love with her husband and does not think that
  death is the end. She remembers the nights they
  loved in the second best bed and fantasises of
  the times that they made love and he would dive
  for pearls which shows how her saw her as a
  treasure.

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• Next, introduce your 3rd poem, On my first
  Sonne in the context of the question
• Start with the sentence
• In On my first Sonne the father feels love for
  his son like in Anne Hathaway where she feels
  love for her husband. We see this when.

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• In On my first Sonne the father feels love for
  his son like in Anne Hathaway where she feels
  love for her husband. We see this when he calls
  his son his right hand which almost makes one
  think about Jesus sitting at the right hand of
  God this is the highest compliment.
• He also refers to him as his best piece of
  poetrie which again highlights the love he had
  for his son, to place him over his genius pieces
  of literature as his best creation.

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• Now compare with another poem perhaps
  November to show how Jonson thinks his time
  with his son was lent to him and how the
  characters in November realise about how we
  should make the best out of our lives.
• Start with the sentence
• Although there is strong feeling of love in the
  poem

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• Although there is strong feeling of love in the
  poem, Jonson is also sad and angry about the
  death exacted by fate and he realises that
  seven yeeres thowert lent to me was a short
  period of joy.
• This compares to November in that fact that
  the voice in the poem believes that life has to
  be lived to its fullest, One thing we have to
  get, John, out of this life.

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• Now introduce your fourth poem The Man he
  Killed
• Talk about the differences you can see between it
  and another poem
• Start with the sentence
• The atmosphere of The Man he Killed begins
  with a sad tone, but then

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• The atmosphere of The Man he Killed begins
  with a sad tone, but then changes as the man
  tries to defend his actions I shot at him as he
  at me. He goes further to say that because he
  was my foe he had to kill him.
• This is a form of acceptance about death like in
  November. Though he is sad about his foes
  death, he does not demonstrate the same level of
  love for the departed that we see in Duffy and
  Jonsons poems.

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• Now you can conclude your essay, bringing
  together all 4 poems and focusing clearly on the
  question again.
• Begin with the sentence
• I feel that Anne Hathaway shows us that..This
  is like On my first Sonne which also However,
  November is ..
• In a similar way and in contrast to Duffys
  poem, The Man he Killed shows us.

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• I feel that Anne Hathaway shows us that we
  should love our departed and remember them. This
  is like On my first Sonne which also shows the
  comparison of the father remembering his son.
  However, November is a very final, frank and
  philosophical poem that has the acceptance of
  death and says that we will all die eventually.
• In a similar way and in contrast to Duffys
  poem, The Man he Killed shows us that death and
  war are terrible and that they should be avoided.
  This is not the positive tone of Anne Hathaway
  that finds hope in memories.