Cousin Kate, by Christina Rosetti.
Reading this poem after Goblin market gave me an insight into Christina Rosetti's negativeness of men, in all of her poetry that we have read so far, she potrays men, as bad, unhuman, using and violent. Hopefully, reading more poetry we may find out if she carries on doing so, and if so why.
I feel the destination of this peice of poetry by Rosetti is that girls that sleep around unwed, have their innocence taken away from them, and pride, leading an unhappy and poor life. This obviously potrays men as using and disrespectful, and the argument of men being negative and bad is widely established.
At the start of the poem Rosetti included lines such is;
'I was a cottage maiden'
Explaining the innocent of a 'maiden' girl, this innocence is represented by her still being a virgin.
Cottage; Almost vulnerable, country girl.
At the end of the poem;
'My fair haired son,my shame, my pride'
Explaining despite being used by the man, she got a son, her shame of sleeping with such a respectless man, and pride, for not being embarrassed, or feeling worthless, yes regretting what she had done, however, something good came out of a bad situation, the irreplaceable birth of her first born son.
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