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Pre- 1900 poem comparison coursework The two poems 'Cousin Kate' and 'The Seduction' are very similar. In both poems a teenage girl is seduced by a man, resulting in them both getting pregnant. Both girls feel manipulated and used as the men are in control. 'Cousin Kate' was set in pre 1914 in a rural setting, and 'The Seduction' was set in the 1980s in the city of Liverpool. The themes of the two poems are very similar as they both have a lot to do with love, jealousy and manipulation. In 'The Seduction' a third person narrative technique is used because it makes the reader feel more personal towards the character in the poem and so we can relate to it and put ourselves in the character's shoes. The structure of 'The Seduction' is different to the structure of 'Cousin Kate' because 'The Seduction' is laid out in two halves. The...

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