The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy and Cousin Kate by Christina Rosetti Es

The ruined Maid by Thomas brazen-faced and Cousin Kate by Christina Rosetti The poems that I studied are The Ruined Maid by Thomas Hardy and Cousin Kate by Christina Rosetti. The Ruined Maid was published in 1901, and Cousin Kate in 1879. These poems were both compose in tight-laced times, and they both reflect the spots towards women at the time. At the solution of the Victorian period womens powers were extremely limited they could not control their avow money and were very much under the control of men. Among the few honourable jobs available to women were teaching and taking in embroidery, and these were poorly paid. The attitude towards women at this time was extremely patronizing. Women had not yet been given suffrage As they could not vote, they had little power and little choice. In the empty-headed of these attitudes the poems will be analysed to show how they reflect the Victorian women of the time. The poem The Ruined Maid is about a w oman who used to be a awkward maiden, who was tired of digging potatoes and spudding up docks, so has become a prostitute. This poem satirizes the Victorian view of prostitutes as doomed and ruined women, and suggests that they may in detail be happy and refined. Melia, The Ruined Maid in the poem, has met an old friend in town and nowadays that she has become ruined she seems to be far better off than she was before. Melia leftover her home in tatters, without shoes or socks and now she has gay bracelets and bright feathers. Since her ruin Melia has similarly improved her run-in. At home in the barton you said thee and thou and thik oon and thes oon and tother but now your ... ... in society. This tone is conveyed by the use of positive language such as, my dear, wearing fair garments, such prosperity, she has gay bracelets and a delicate cheek and is pretty lively now that she is ruined. In Cousin Kate, Kate has tout ensemble of the real(a) thi ngs that The Ruined Maid wants, but in The Ruined Maid, Melia has all of the material things that the country maiden wants. The poem that best represents the women of the time is Cousin Kate which, coincidentally, is written by a woman. Although Thomas Hardy is more understanding and respectful towards women in his novels, this poem, The Ruined Maid, displays a totally different attitude towards Victorian women. Of the ii poems I prefer Cousin Kate because it is a more typical and realistic portrait of the life of a ruined maid.