Cousin Kate Flashcards
(5 cards)
1
Q
Cousin Kate:
Context?
A
• 1860
• Christina Rossetti
Very religious - called sister Christina
Worked for a charity for ‘Fallen women’ (prostitutes/ sinning women)
Poet like her father
Pre raphaelite (came after Romanticism - very similar movements)
2
Q
Cousin Kate:
Subject?
A
“Cottage-maiden”
“Lured me to his palace-home”
“Great Lord”
“O Lady Kate, cousin Kate”
3
Q
Cousin Kate:
Form?
Structure?
A
Dramatic monologue / first person narrative
Ballod - bouncy beat
4
Q
Cousin Kate:
Tone?
Rhyme & rhythm?
A
• Alternate rhyme scheme
• Regular rhythm
5
Q
Cousin Kate:
Key quotes?
A
“good and pure”
“wore me like a golden knot,
He changed me like a glove”
“Outcast thing”
“I sit and howl in the dust”
“Yet I’ve a gift you have not got”
“My fair-haired son, my shame, my pride”
