# Gentle Mistress Anne — Poetry character guide

> Gentle Mistress Anne in Poetry by Thomas Gray.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Nancy

**First appearance:** 0030-amatory-lines

## Who they are

A beloved woman addressed in amatory lines.

## In the story

### [Comic Lines](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/chapters/comic-lines)

Referred to as 'fat Nanny' who sighs for the poet.

### [Verses from Shakespeare](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/poetry_23_se/chapters/verses-from-shakespeare)

Addressed as 'gentle Mistress Anne' and 'Nancy'; the servant to whom the poem is directed.

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