cousin kate

Cards (12)

  • who wrote Cousin Kate?
    Christina Rossetti
  • what is the form of Cousin Kate?
    dramatic monologue
  • what is the tone of Cousin Kate?
    bitter
  • what is the function of Cousin Kate?
    life is harder for women than men.
  • “my fair-haired son, my shame, my pride”
    oxymoron
  • “my love is the true, your love was writ in sand”
    temporary love while hers was real and ‘permanent’
  • “his plaything and his love”
    she was a toy/accessory to him.
  • “he lured me to his palace-home”
    he has bad intentions/predator
  • why do some words not fit the rhyme scheme?
    to emphasise/make them stand out.
  • where did the author, Christina Rossetti, work?
    at a refuge for female prostitutes.
  • in what era was the author, Christina Rossetti, writing in?
    Victorian London
  • what did the author, Christina Rossetti, do alongside her job?
    she was an activist (and feminist)