Comparison of Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti and The Seduction by Ei

Compare and contrast Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti with The Seduction by Eileen McAuleyComparison of Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti and The Seduction by Eileen McAuleyFor this essay I have been asked to compare two poems. One from theera of pre twentieth century and one(a) from the twentieth century. Thepoem from pre twentieth century I am physical composition about is Cousin Kate byChristina Rossetti. The poem from the twentieth century entrust be TheSeduction by Eileen McAuley. These two poems have many sameities,but they overly have many differences. It is pretty obvious that boththese poets have diametric writing techniques, obviously because theywere written in different eras. These two poems which I will bediscussing have many similarities even though they were written indifferent eras one of the similarities is exploitation. In the poemCousin Kate the bank clerk feels she has been exploited by the GreatLord, because she feels he used her to have sexual intercour se. And inThe Seduction the junior girl is exploited by magazines, and theyoung nave teenager in truth believed in what the editors wrote aboutperfect stories of romance and she believed after reading thismagazines that it was almost antidromic not to have sexual intercourse.The author of this poem, Christina Rossetti, begins this poem with Iwas a cottage maiden. This shows us that the fibber is writing inthe past tense the narrator is reminiscing on the past. The narratoris also writing in first soul narrative which creates a bond betweenthe author and the reader as if the narrator is talking directly tous.The next line of this poem starts with Hardened by sun and air thistells us that the narrator is a to... ...Cousin Kate itwas disgraceful as organism chaste was highly important at that time.Shameless shameful This choke is incongruous an oxymoron thealliteration of the letter S also emphasizes the oxymoron.The next line implies his predatory nature and his desire from the beginning of meeting the narrator His plaything The word playthingthis word is very emotive word it conveys to us the shapers trueintentions of using the narrator just for sexual intercourse. This isalso similar to The Seduction as in The Seduction the young maleteenager obtains the girl drinks and encourages her to come to the riverwith him Ill take you to the river where I fade the afternoons.This line implies that there is only one thing on his mind and that isnot to talk about but to take her chastity as the lord intended to dowith the narrator in Cousin Kate. Comparison of Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti and The Seduction by EiCompare and contrast Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti with The Seduction by Eileen McAuleyComparison of Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti and The Seduction by Eileen McAuleyFor this essay I have been asked to compare two poems. One from theera of pre twentieth century and one from the twentieth century. Thepoem from pre twentieth cen tury I am writing about is Cousin Kate byChristina Rossetti. The poem from the twentieth century will be TheSeduction by Eileen McAuley. These two poems have many similarities,but they also have many differences. It is pretty obvious that boththese poets have different writing techniques, obviously because theywere written in different eras. These two poems which I will bediscussing have many similarities even though they were written indifferent eras one of the similarities is exploitation. In the poemCousin Kate the narrator feels she has been exploited by the GreatLord, because she feels he used her to have sexual intercourse. And inThe Seduction the young girl is exploited by magazines, and theyoung nave teenager actually believed in what the editors wrote aboutperfect stories of romance and she believed after reading thismagazines that it was almost abnormal not to have sexual intercourse.The author of this poem, Christina Rossetti, begins this poem with Iwas a cottage maiden. This shows us that the narrator is writing inthe past tense the narrator is reminiscing on the past. The narratoris also writing in first person narrative which creates a bond betweenthe author and the reader as if the narrator is talking directly tous.The next line of this poem starts with Hardened by sun and air thistells us that the narrator is a to... ...Cousin Kate itwas disgraceful as being chaste was highly important at that time.Shameless shameful This live is incongruous an oxymoron thealliteration of the letter S also emphasizes the oxymoron.The next line implies his predatory nature and his desire from thebeginning of meeting the narrator His plaything The word playthingthis word is very emotive word it conveys to us the lords trueintentions of using the narrator just for sexual intercourse. This isalso similar to The Seduction as in The Seduction the young maleteenager buys the girl drinks and encourages her to come to the riverwith him Ill take you to the river where I spend the afternoons.This line implies that there is only one thing on his mind and that isnot to talk about but to take her chastity as the lord intended to dowith the narrator in Cousin Kate.