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The speaker’s story

The speaker’s story

The poem is a dramatic monologue: one emotionally involved speaker controls the account and addresses Cousin Kate directly. She explains how a wealthy lord seduced her, rejected her, and then married Kate, who had greater social respectability.

2.1.3 Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti Lesson

  1. GCSE
  2. /English Literature
  3. /2.1.3 Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti

Step-by-step lessons on Eduqas GCSE English Literature 2.1.3 Cousin Kate by Christina Rossetti. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Work through your set texts (Shakespeare, the 19th-century prose text, the post-1914 text, and the poetry anthology) alongside regular unseen-poetry practice, since Component 2's unseen poetry section is usually the most time-pressured on exam day.

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