Christina Rossetti and John Keats were both poets in their prime. Rossetti wrote the somewhat controversial poem Cousin Kate (1879) and John Keats wrote the French poem named La Belle Dame sans Merci (1819) which means "the beautiful woman without pity". Both poems explore the injustices of love and power and also the consequences of what happens with a potentially bad decision. Additionally, they both approach these themes with a particular balance between the two; they both have similarities, but they both contrast in different ways. Each poem shares similarities that reflect the poets' lives before they became literary sensations. Christina Rossetti, from an artistic and incredibly religious background, was a devoted Anglo-Catholic and devoted much time and energy as a member of the Church of England. His work consistently conveys his deep religious sensibilities and permeates most of his poems. However, this did not lead to a preachy, moralistic front; on the contrary, she did everything she could to help the disadvantaged women of this society: prostitutes. The details of Rossetti's life contrasted greatly with the way Victorian women were "supposed" to act during that era. Women were not supposed to be precocious or adulterous, however, Rossetti and her beliefs challenged the traditional Victorian "dream", which led her to patronize prostitutes at the St. Mary's "almshouse". Madeleine at Highgate. hard that they broke her heart when she rejected two marriage proposals; Charles Cayley's marriage proposal hit her hard, as her love for him ran deep and would leave a lasting impact on her life and work. It is in the middle of the paper that he would give up everything to have an heir to his fortune, and a son also adds to the novelty. Despite this, and in a very contradictory way, the young girl uses her son as a tool, just like she was, to show how well she is doing. I'd say it's not quintessential Victorian traditions, but it seems to have worked in their young daughter's favor in Cousin Kate. The poem ends on a less happy note than it began; the focus is now on the positive situation of the narrator and the negative situation of Kate and the Lord, however, although this is the case, there are certain words in the poem, to describe the narrator, which are sad and show her despair, she wants and even needs a better life, especially now that she has her illegitimate child. such as “shameful” and “shameless”, “unclean” and “howl” underline this point effectively.