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“A Birthday”
By: Christina Rossetti
BackgroundBackground
Born: 1830; London, EnglandBorn: 1830; London, England
Died: 1894Died: 1894
Occupation: writer, poet, short story, proseOccupation: writer, poet, short story, prose
writerwriter
Father was in Italian exileFather was in Italian exile
Other works include:Other works include: Goblin Market andGoblin Market and
Other Poems, The Prince’s Progress andOther Poems, The Prince’s Progress and
Other PoemsOther Poems
“A Birthday”
My heart is like a singing bird
Whose nest is in a watered shoot;
My heart is like an apple tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
My heart is gladder than all of these
Because my love is come to me
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;
Because the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me
Theme
 “Love between people is a deeper emotion
than can be expressed even by natural
images of rapture and abundance.”
 1st
stanza: nature
 2nd
stanza: things made from nature that are
imperishable
SymbolismSymbolism
 ““singing bird”singing bird”
 ““Whose nest is in a watered shoot”Whose nest is in a watered shoot”
 ““fleur-de-lys” and “purple dyes”fleur-de-lys” and “purple dyes”
 ““dais”dais”
 ““rainbow shell” in the “halcyon sea”rainbow shell” in the “halcyon sea”
Speaker/Tone
 Someone who is in love with life
 But it may also be a person
 “my love is come to me”
 Soothing, happy, reverie, imaginative
 Conversational
Imagery
 1st
stanza all imagery was affiliated with
figures of speech
 2nd
stanza the imagery forms a complete
picture in the reader’s mind
StructureStructure
Iambic tetrameterIambic tetrameter
Lyric poemLyric poem
2 stanzas containing 8 lines each2 stanzas containing 8 lines each
Sound Patterns
 Rhyming
 shoot, fruit
 Alliteration
 boughs are bent
 Assonance
 paddles, halcyon, gladder
 Consonance
 thickset, fruit, bent
Personal Response
 Imagery was used really well
 Unique idea to compare her love and life to a
birthday
 Has a nice rhythm and the words flow
together
Historical ContextHistorical Context
 ““Women and Society”Women and Society”
 Women writers were expected to limit theWomen writers were expected to limit the
subjects of their poemssubjects of their poems
 ““A Birthday” was acceptable because it wasA Birthday” was acceptable because it was
about loveabout love
Figures of Speech
 Similes in 1st
stanza compare to things in
nature
 “My heart is like a singing bird”
 Hyperboles
 “boughs are bent with thickset fruit”
 Metaphors
 “A Birthday”
Works CitedWorks Cited
 ““Christina Rossetti.”Christina Rossetti.” EXPLORING Poetry.EXPLORING Poetry. Online EditorOnline Editor
2003. Reproduced in Student Resource Center.2003. Reproduced in Student Resource Center.
Detroit: Gale, 2004.Detroit: Gale, 2004.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRChttp://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC
 "Criticism: 'A Birthday' by Christina Rossetti.""Criticism: 'A Birthday' by Christina Rossetti."
EXPLORING PoetryEXPLORING Poetry. Online Edition. Gale, 2003.. Online Edition. Gale, 2003.
Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit:Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale,Gale,
2004.2004.
http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRChttp://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC
 LaBlanc, Michael.LaBlanc, Michael. Poetry for StudentsPoetry for Students. 10 ed.. 10 ed.
Farmington Hills: Gale Group, 2001.Farmington Hills: Gale Group, 2001.

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A birthday

  • 2. BackgroundBackground Born: 1830; London, EnglandBorn: 1830; London, England Died: 1894Died: 1894 Occupation: writer, poet, short story, proseOccupation: writer, poet, short story, prose writerwriter Father was in Italian exileFather was in Italian exile Other works include:Other works include: Goblin Market andGoblin Market and Other Poems, The Prince’s Progress andOther Poems, The Prince’s Progress and Other PoemsOther Poems
  • 3. “A Birthday” My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a watered shoot; My heart is like an apple tree Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit; My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all of these Because my love is come to me Raise me a dais of silk and down; Hang it with vair and purple dyes; Carve it in doves and pomegranates, And peacocks with a hundred eyes; Work it in gold and silver grapes, In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys; Because the birthday of my life Is come, my love is come to me
  • 4. Theme  “Love between people is a deeper emotion than can be expressed even by natural images of rapture and abundance.”  1st stanza: nature  2nd stanza: things made from nature that are imperishable
  • 5. SymbolismSymbolism  ““singing bird”singing bird”  ““Whose nest is in a watered shoot”Whose nest is in a watered shoot”  ““fleur-de-lys” and “purple dyes”fleur-de-lys” and “purple dyes”  ““dais”dais”  ““rainbow shell” in the “halcyon sea”rainbow shell” in the “halcyon sea”
  • 6. Speaker/Tone  Someone who is in love with life  But it may also be a person  “my love is come to me”  Soothing, happy, reverie, imaginative  Conversational
  • 7. Imagery  1st stanza all imagery was affiliated with figures of speech  2nd stanza the imagery forms a complete picture in the reader’s mind
  • 8. StructureStructure Iambic tetrameterIambic tetrameter Lyric poemLyric poem 2 stanzas containing 8 lines each2 stanzas containing 8 lines each
  • 9. Sound Patterns  Rhyming  shoot, fruit  Alliteration  boughs are bent  Assonance  paddles, halcyon, gladder  Consonance  thickset, fruit, bent
  • 10. Personal Response  Imagery was used really well  Unique idea to compare her love and life to a birthday  Has a nice rhythm and the words flow together
  • 11. Historical ContextHistorical Context  ““Women and Society”Women and Society”  Women writers were expected to limit theWomen writers were expected to limit the subjects of their poemssubjects of their poems  ““A Birthday” was acceptable because it wasA Birthday” was acceptable because it was about loveabout love
  • 12. Figures of Speech  Similes in 1st stanza compare to things in nature  “My heart is like a singing bird”  Hyperboles  “boughs are bent with thickset fruit”  Metaphors  “A Birthday”
  • 13. Works CitedWorks Cited  ““Christina Rossetti.”Christina Rossetti.” EXPLORING Poetry.EXPLORING Poetry. Online EditorOnline Editor 2003. Reproduced in Student Resource Center.2003. Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale, 2004.Detroit: Gale, 2004. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRChttp://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC  "Criticism: 'A Birthday' by Christina Rossetti.""Criticism: 'A Birthday' by Christina Rossetti." EXPLORING PoetryEXPLORING Poetry. Online Edition. Gale, 2003.. Online Edition. Gale, 2003. Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit:Reproduced in Student Resource Center. Detroit: Gale,Gale, 2004.2004. http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRChttp://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/SRC  LaBlanc, Michael.LaBlanc, Michael. Poetry for StudentsPoetry for Students. 10 ed.. 10 ed. Farmington Hills: Gale Group, 2001.Farmington Hills: Gale Group, 2001.