Higher 'Hathaway' Questions

1.The main theme of the poem is introduced in the title and the first 5 lines. Identify one main theme and show how poetic technique is used to introduce this theme. 3

2.By referring closely to lines 3 – 10 analyse the use of poetic technique to emphasise the passion in their relationship. 2

3.Explain what Anne Hathaway means when she states that:
‘I dreamed he'd written me, the bed
a page beneath his writer's hands’ 2

4. How effective you find lines 13-14 as a conclusion to the poem? 3

5. Discuss how Carol Ann Duffy uses a persona in this poem and at least one other to highlight the poems’ main concern. 10