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Appreciation and comparison of modern and pre-twentieth century poetry - "Cousin Kate" by Christiana Rossetti and "Manwatching" by Georgia Garett.
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Appreciation and comparison of modern and pre-twentieth century poetry: "Cousin Kate" by Christiana Rossetti and "Manwatching" by Georgia Garett Cousin Kate is set in a feudal society. A feudal society is where there are two classes, the rulers (lord) and the ruled (peasantry). The feudal lord had absolute power and expected absolute loyalty and obedience from the lower orders. In exchange they had his "protection". There was a cottage maiden who had a happy life in medieval times. She was good looking but she did not realise this. He took her to his palace. They had sex. Then he started to stalk the cottage maidens' cousin, her name was Kate. The cottage maiden falls in love with the lord. There are six stanzas in the poem "Cousin Kate", each with eight lines, the second, fourth, sixth and eighth lines rhyming. In the first stanza the cottage maiden finds out that she is good looking. We...
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