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)