Anon

Question 1

What is the main conceit of the poem?

Answer 1

Conceit surrounds female anonymity through history and is based around the idea that literature has allowed women a legacy to receive credit for their work.

Question 2

What are the main language features of Anon?

Answer 2

• hypothetical language
• title
• use of pronoun
• deathly imagery
• alliteration
• baton simile

Question 3

What are the main structural features in anon?

Answer 3

• anaphoric refrain of ‘anon’
• shift in tone from anonymous meaning of anon to Shakesperean, celebratory meaning of anon

Question 4

What quotes support the method of:* hypothetical language?

Answer 4

‘if she were here’

Question 5

What quotes support the method of: title?

Answer 5

‘Anon’ is diminutive form of anonymous

Question 6

What quotes support the method of: * use of pronoun?

Answer 6

‘she’

Question 7

What quotes support the method of: * deathly imagery?

Answer 7

‘her skull on a shelf’
‘cleared its throat as though it had something to get off its chest’

Question 8

What quotes support the method of: * alliteration?

Answer 8

‘maybe a nurse, a nanny, maybe a nun’

Question 9

What quotes support the method of:* baton simile?

Answer 9

‘she passed on her pen like a baton’