Cousin Kate

In lesson, we were talking about the narrative methods in 'Cousin Kate.' We spoke about character, setting, point of view, language, sequence and destination.
Character
I thought that you may side with the speaker because she acknowledges her mistakes, even though she is not ashamed of them, through the use of 'shameless shameful life' and 'my shame, my pride.' You also feel empathy for the character by how she is treated by the Lord, who tosses her aside for someone more beautiful than her and also by how the neighbours call her a 'thing' for not being a virgin and not being married. However, the reader may lose symapthy for the speaker because of how bitter she is towards Kate.
Setting
The poem is set in a village, which may be done by Rossetti to make the speaker and Kate 'cottage maidens,' which makes them sound innocent and pure. I also believe it is a village setting to make the speaker more isolated in her experience, as in a town, there might be more 'fallen women,' so the poem wouldn't have been as effective.
Point of View
You see all the characters through the speaker, and it is a very feminist view, which is a running theme in Rossetti's poems. It says that the Lord is evil and is to blame for corrupting the speaker, who is the victim. Like traditional feminsist writing , the heroine overcomes her problems to be stronger in the end. She also makes Kate out to be very weak, but not refusing the Lords offer of marriage, even though she doesn't love him - 'your love was writ in sand.'
Language
The poem mentions 'sun and air' in the first verse, which as well as symbolising purity, could be a hint to the eventual end and the speaker having a son and inheriting land. The whole poem contrasts the speaker and Kate, for example, calling Kate 'good and pure' and the speaker an 'outcast thing.' There is also a lot of imagery such as the mention of doves, which symbolise the purity the speaker could have had. The bitterness of the speaker is also shown by how the speaker calls her 'Cousin Kate' and puts emphasis on the fact they are related, which may seem like a betrayal (the poem also seems to be written to Kate.)
Sequence
The poem is in chronological order and looks at the speakers past, present and future. It is done this way to show the highs and lows the speaker goes through and so the big twist can occur at the end. If it wasn't this way, I do not believe the poem would flow properly.
Destination
At the beginning of the poem it seems like a traditional fallen woman story (a woman becoming an outcast never to return) but then the ending of her having a child with future land to inherit proves the destination changes throughout.