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Christina Rossetti's poem "A Birthday" uses imagery of nature and objects made from nature to express the depth of her love. In two stanzas of iambic tetrameter, the speaker compares her heart first to singing birds and fruit-bearing trees, and second to an imperishable rainbow shell and an ornate silk structure, saying her love makes her heart glad beyond even these images. The poem celebrates the deep emotions of love that cannot be fully captured by comparisons to nature alone.
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- 1. “A Birthday” By: Christina Rossetti
- 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
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- 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.