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A comparison of “Cousin Kate” by Christina Rossetti, and “The Seduction’’ by Eileen McCauley
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A comparison of "Cousin Kate" by Christina Rossetti, and "The Seduction'' by Eileen McCauley The poem "Cousin Kate" by Christina Rossetti tells the story of a young maiden who is attracted to a lord who tempts her with his riches and then uses her. The lord is then attracted to another women Kate. He abandons the pregnant girl for Kate. But Kate refuses to have anything to do with the lord unless they are married and so the lord marries her. They then try for a child but are unsuccessful because Kate is infertile. By this time the maiden's son has grown and so when she hears of the couple's news she boasts of her son. The poem "The Seduction" by Eileen McCauley describes how a girl meets a boy at a party where they dance and talk all night. He then takes her to a riverbank where he takes...
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