Anne Hathaway by Carol Ann Duffy

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Anne Hathaway by Carol Ann Duffy

• By Suman, Shagofta, Corey, Farhan and Mujjadud.

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What is the poem about?

• The poem is about a women called Anne Hathaway
  who was married to the playwright William
  Shakespeare. When her husband died, in his will
  he left his wife his second best bed. Ann lived
  for a further seven years after her husband died.
  In this poem Duffy creates the persona of Anne
  Hathaway and portrays her remembering having a
  loving, sexual relationship with him and how she
  misses his love.

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Who is the speaker?

• The speaker is Anne Hathaway because she is
  talking about her relationship with her husband,
  Shakespeare.
• The readers are the witnesses to their love. We
  know how she is feeling because of her strong
  description describing her love and lovelife.

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How does language help you to understand the poem?

• Language used in the poem helps us understand the
  poem by using
• Rhyme
• Imagery
• Senses
• Alliteration
• Metaphors

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How else does language help you to understand the
poem? ( can you include close textual analysis?)

• The use of alliteration helps us to remember the
  emotions and feelings of the narrator, for
  example in the phrase living, laughing love.
  The alliteration of l slows the reader down and
  helps give the phrase a warm and loving tone. It
  also emphasises the word living which reminds
  us how alive the memory of Shakespeare is in her
  mind.

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Alternative interpretation

• living, laughing love
• This could also mean that she cannot forget the
  past moments she spent with her husband, and all
  the memories which will always be with her.

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What poem does this compare with?

• This poem compares well with My last duchess
  this is because the theme is about love and
  death the same as Anne Hathaway.

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Other poems this compares with.

• This poem Ann Hathaway can be linked with the
  poem My first sonne because they are both
  linked with the idea of death of a loved one who
  they cherished dearly.

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Why this poem is successful.

• This poem is successful because it captures the
  feelings that Ann Hathaway had for Shakespeare
  and the love she has for him is clearly shown in
  this poem My living laughing love this shows a
  huge amount of affection for him and indicates
  how much she missed him and how wonderful the
  memories are that she has to comfort her.

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Credits! ! !

• Farhan
• Corey
• Mujj
• Suman
• Shugufta