Anon
Carol Ann Duffy * Track #12 On Feminine Gospels
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- #2The Map-Woman
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- #3Beautiful
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- #4The Diet
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- #5The Woman Who Shopped
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- #6Work
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- #7Tall
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- #11The Virgin’s Memo
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- #12Anon
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- #13The Laughter of Stafford Girl’s High
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- #14A Dreaming Week
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- #15White Writing
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- #16Gambler
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- #17The Light Gatherer
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- #18The Cord
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- #19Wish
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- #20North-West
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- #21Death and The Moon
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Anon by Carol Ann Duffy
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Carol Ann DuffyAbout
This poem deals with the subject of women’s anonymity — shortened to “Anon”. Throughout history, talented women have been denied recognition — by their husbands, because of the structure of society, because of their biological role as the bearers of children. Duffy pays tribute to these women throu...
Anon Annotated
If she were here
she'd forget who she was,
it's been so long,
maybe nurse, a nanny,
maybe a nun -
Anon.
A girl I met
was willing to bet
that she still lived on -
Anon -
but had packed it all in,
the best verb, the right noun,
for a life in the sun.
A woman I knew
kept her skull
on a shelf in a room -
Anon's -
and swore that one day
as she worked at her desk
it cleared its throat
as though it has something
to get off its chest.
But I know best -
how she passed on her pen
like a baton
down through the years,
with a hey nonny
hey nonny
hey nonny no -
Anon.
Anon Q&A
Who wrote Anon's ?
Anon was written by Carol Ann Duffy.