by asking why‚ she’s saying he hurt her. She also says ‘O cousin Kate my love was true.’ Here she’s expressing her sadness and the feeling of betrayal she has for her cousin she also says ‘If you stood where I stand‚ I would have spat into his face‚ and not taken his hand’ She’s telling her cousin she’d never have done it to her‚ she’d have told him to go away regardless of his money and status. I believe she’s trying to tell her cousin she would have loved her enough not do gone with
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For my coursework I am comparing the poem ‘Cousin Kate’ by Christina Rossetti with ‘The Seduction’ by Eileen McAuley. Both these poems share similar storylines and themes. They both talk about how the females are lured into a false sense of reality and promises by men they think feel the same way. However‚ both men betray females after using them for their sexual gratification without regards for the lives they are damaging. Both poems are narratives‚ meaning they tell a story in verse. Throughout
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Cousin Kate and The Seduction. In the following piece of coursework‚ I will compare and pick out the similarities and differences between the two poems. But first I am going to write a short repot of the two poems‚ to make my comparison easier to understand for the reader. Cousin Kate She was an innocent pretty young girl‚ that lived in a cottage with her friends‚ she was confused why a rich man loved her and fell for her‚ she was confused why he complimented her‚ because he was such
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Comparing poems: “Cousin Kate” and “Catrin” Conflict is presented in the poems “Cousin Kate” and “Catrin”. In the poems the conflict is based on the relationships between families. However‚ in “Cousin Kate”‚ the conflict is also in the class divide of a powerful lord and a poor maiden who I s controlled and abused by the lord. “Catrin” focuses on the bond between a mother and daughter and the conflict that relationship brings. The imagery in “Cousin Kate” conveys how the love between the lord
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This essay will address how Shakespeare and Rossetti engage with the sonnet form‚ through Rossetti’s “A Sonnet” (1881) and Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 52” (1609). Both poets arguably subvert the traditional Petrarchan sonnet genre‚ though in different ways. Rossetti’s “A Sonnet” explores the sonnet as an art form rather than as a means of currency‚ as this was a use of sonnets at the time‚ and how if treated as a commodity‚ the value of a sonnet is diminished. Similarly‚ Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 52” challenges
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Links essay between the poems ’Cousin Kate ’ and ’Havisham. ’ In this essay I will be linking the poems ’Cousin Kate ’ and ’Havisham ’. The poem Cousin Kate was written by Christina Rossetti and is the story of a cottage maiden and how she was seduced and used by the lord of the estate for which she worked. The poem then goes on to describe how she became jealous of her cousin‚ Kate‚ as she then went on to marry the lord. "Havisham" is a poem written in 1998 by Carol Ann Duffy. It responds to
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In "Cousin Kate"‚ Rossetti gives messages about an abuse of power. The "Lord" "lured" the narrator to his "palace home". The word "lured" is very ominous and enforces the idea that he is a figure with authority. He manages to seduce the narrator with his flattery‚ and then enthrals her like a predator with his prey. The Lord has a high social standing which explains how he "wore" the "cottage maiden" like a "silken knot". The narrator felt inferior to the Lord‚ therefore she allows him to abuse her
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Comparing Cousin Kate and The Seduction Cousin Kate is a pre twentieth century poem‚ written in ballet style (set in verse0 in a very rural countryside. It was written by Christina Rosseti‚ her voice is that of a young woman working as a cottage maiden that falls in love with a lord and gets pregnant‚ and is then discarded for her cousin Kate who marries the lord. The second poem "the seduction" is a more modern poem with an urban setting‚ and is written in narrative form. The rhyme and
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How does Rossetti tell the story in ‘Jessie Cameron’? Rossetti uses the title of the poem to help tell the story in ‘Jessie Cameron’. Whilst Jessie’s full name is used as the title of the poem and repeatedly referred to throughout‚ the name of her lover is not once mentioned. Instead Jessie calls him ‘neighbour’s son’ avoiding any more intimate communication. This suggests that she does not regard him as highly in her life as he may regard her‚ it also suggests that she doesn’t want to lead him
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How does Rossetti tell the story in lines 1-84 of The Convent Threshold? The convent threshold is a story about a female who is talking to her lover‚ asking him to repent along with her but also about her struggle to repent herself. This gives us the indication that they have both sinned‚ so maybe had some kind of sexual relationship with each other. The title of the poem indicates that she is going into a convent however indications within the poem make us question whether or not she is on her
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