Cousin Kate Flashcards

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What type of poem in Cousin Kate?

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A pastoral poem.

Beauty of the countryside.

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‘Hardened by the sun and air’

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Toughened by country life.

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What was her feelings at the start of the poem?

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Happy.

Feeling of content.

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‘Not mindful i was fair’.

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Images of beauty.

Unaware.

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‘Why did a great Lord find me out’

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Repeated.
Highlights his power.
As if she was his prey.

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‘To fill my heart with care?’

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Fell ford the Lord.

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‘He lured me to his palace-home-‘

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Metaphor for power/wealth.

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‘Shameless shameful life’

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Repetition of shame.

She has no value.

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‘His plaything and his love’

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Simile she was like a possession.

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‘He changed me like a glove’

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He changed her.

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‘So now i moan an unclean thing who might have been a dove’

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Symbol of purity.

No longer a virgin/innocent.

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‘O Lady Kate’

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Highlights status.

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‘He lifted you from mean estate to sit with him on high’

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She was poor.

Her status changes.

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‘so good and pure’

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Qualities he looks for.

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‘He bound you with his ring’

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Metaphor for marriage.

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‘Call you good and pure’

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Good reputation.

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‘Now which of us has tender heart?

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Animal imagery.

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‘You had the stronger wing’

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Freedom of poverty due to metaphor.

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‘Your love was writ in sand’

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Arranged love.

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‘Nor bought me with land’

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Used for money.

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‘Yes i’ve a gift you have not got’

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Metaphot for her baby.

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‘My fair-haired son, my shame, my pride’

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Society casts shame.

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‘Cling closer, closer yet;’

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Alliteration.

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‘Your sire would give broad lands for one to wear his coronet’

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Man would give anything for a son.