I have chosen “Valentine” By Carol Ann Duffy, “Sonnet 43” by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and “Cousin Kate” by Christina Rossetti.
Christina Rossetti the author of “Cousin Kate” was an English poet. It is a poem about love, like sonnets in Romeo and Juliet, The poem is a monologue which is singularly addressed to “Cousin Kate”. The poem features a rhyme scheme of two, four, six, and eight. Cousin Kate’s structure follows this narrative, telling the story of the relationship the the cottage maiden had with the Lord, then the betrayal, and finally, in the last few lines, the twist ending, of the narrators son.
The poem suggests that a young woman has been neglected by a “Great Lord” which then chose to mislead her due to her being just a lowborn …show more content…
It also seems that the cottage maiden is needing an answer for what has happened, that she is confused of the events that have taken place. “I was a cottage maiden” gives the effect that she was poor and her lifestyle witnessed a change once she had met the lord. “Not mindful i was fair” gives the impression she is unaware of her beauty. “Why did a great lord find me out to fill my heart with care?” expresses the cottage maidens question of why did the Lord make her fall in love when in the back of his head he had the idea of leaving her. The third stanza the speaker starts to reveal deeper into the reasons Cousin Kate was chosen by the Lord. “You grew more fair than I” suggests the narrator agrees with he reasons. More is revealed in the forth stanza by the idea of the Lord becoming committed to Cousin Kate, allowing her to have the power due to making the Lord wait for sex, “You were so good and pure” suggests this. “Now which of us has tenderer heart?” gives another impression of a conversation due to the rhetorical question. The fifth stanza shows the cottage maiden would be committed to the family if the roles were reversed, “I would have spit in his face and not have taken his hand”. This shows she would have considered Cousin Kate’s feelings for the Lord, which we get the effect Cousin Kate did not do towards the cottage maiden. “To wear his coronet” almost …show more content…
Anaphora the repetition of a phrase, is used in both poem and play. The sonnet within Romeo and Juliet features 14 lines, and 10 syllables, this is the same within Sonnet 43. Both poem and play feature iambic pentameter, alliteration and the similar use of more language of “thee”. Death is mentioned in both, they both believe love continues even after death, endurance and commitment. Both sets of lovers experience a very “intense” love and are very passionate which also connects with the meaning of a sonnet which is a traditional love poem, and both use the metaphor “she is the sun”. There is a connection of the use of rhetorical questions, internal rhymes and similes, for example “light” and “candle light”. Both poem and play include a conversation like theme, but the rhyming structure is different within
Christina Rossetti the author of “Cousin Kate” was an English poet. It is a poem about love, like sonnets in Romeo and Juliet, The poem is a monologue which is singularly addressed to “Cousin Kate”. The poem features a rhyme scheme of two, four, six, and eight. Cousin Kate’s structure follows this narrative, telling the story of the relationship the the cottage maiden had with the Lord, then the betrayal, and finally, in the last few lines, the twist ending, of the narrators son.
The poem suggests that a young woman has been neglected by a “Great Lord” which then chose to mislead her due to her being just a lowborn …show more content…
It also seems that the cottage maiden is needing an answer for what has happened, that she is confused of the events that have taken place. “I was a cottage maiden” gives the effect that she was poor and her lifestyle witnessed a change once she had met the lord. “Not mindful i was fair” gives the impression she is unaware of her beauty. “Why did a great lord find me out to fill my heart with care?” expresses the cottage maidens question of why did the Lord make her fall in love when in the back of his head he had the idea of leaving her. The third stanza the speaker starts to reveal deeper into the reasons Cousin Kate was chosen by the Lord. “You grew more fair than I” suggests the narrator agrees with he reasons. More is revealed in the forth stanza by the idea of the Lord becoming committed to Cousin Kate, allowing her to have the power due to making the Lord wait for sex, “You were so good and pure” suggests this. “Now which of us has tenderer heart?” gives another impression of a conversation due to the rhetorical question. The fifth stanza shows the cottage maiden would be committed to the family if the roles were reversed, “I would have spit in his face and not have taken his hand”. This shows she would have considered Cousin Kate’s feelings for the Lord, which we get the effect Cousin Kate did not do towards the cottage maiden. “To wear his coronet” almost …show more content…
Anaphora the repetition of a phrase, is used in both poem and play. The sonnet within Romeo and Juliet features 14 lines, and 10 syllables, this is the same within Sonnet 43. Both poem and play feature iambic pentameter, alliteration and the similar use of more language of “thee”. Death is mentioned in both, they both believe love continues even after death, endurance and commitment. Both sets of lovers experience a very “intense” love and are very passionate which also connects with the meaning of a sonnet which is a traditional love poem, and both use the metaphor “she is the sun”. There is a connection of the use of rhetorical questions, internal rhymes and similes, for example “light” and “candle light”. Both poem and play include a conversation like theme, but the rhyming structure is different within