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Explore the ways that Anne Brontė presents her religious faith in her poetry.

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Explore the ways that Anne Brontė presents her religious faith in her poetry. Anne Brontė constantly uses religious themes and connotations in her poems in order to emphasise her love for her religion and God. This is clear to us as analysts as she frequently uses religious language as well as consistently making links between her sorrow and faith in religion. Despondency is a poem that deals with Anne's anger at herself. Through such lines as "hear a wretch's prayer" where Anne is referring to herself as a "wretch", it becomes clear to us that she has a general feeling of displeasure within herself. By analysing the word "wretch" we can make a link to a religious theme as it is the same word used in a very popular hymn, amazing grace. By using this word Anne is emphasising her faith in her religion by displaying her knowledge...

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