The poem "Cousin Kate" depicts a story of a young cottage maiden caught up in the brutal temptations of love and passion that is later cast aside by a great lord of a greater social superiority. Throughout the poem we are drawn into the transgression of the cottage maiden and the tragic heartbreak she experiences whilst being cruelly replaced by a fairer cousin ˜Kate', who appears to take triumph as she has the love of the Lord himself. ... A great sense of sympathy is cast over the entire poem as the Rossetti continues to tell the tragic love story of the cottage maiden, and the...

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