A Birthday
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"A Birthday" is a lyrical love poem by Victorian poet Christina Rossetti that celebrates the joy and spiritual richness of fulfilled love through vivid, nature-inspired imagery.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Birthday canonical | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
lyric poem
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poem ⓘ |
| author | Christina Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
frequently analyzed for its religious and romantic imagery
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widely anthologized ⓘ |
| firstLine | My heart is like a singing bird ⓘ |
| form | two stanzas ⓘ |
| genre | love poem ⓘ |
| imageryType |
nature-inspired imagery
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sensory imagery ⓘ visual richness ⓘ |
| includedIn | collections of Christina Rossetti's poems ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lineCount | 16 ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Pre-Raphaelite-influenced poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Victorian era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| metricalPattern | varied meter ⓘ |
| motif |
birds
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carved doves ⓘ flowers ⓘ fruit trees ⓘ gold and silver ⓘ grapes ⓘ halcyon weather ⓘ nature imagery ⓘ pomegranates ⓘ rainbow shell ⓘ silk and down ⓘ singing birds ⓘ |
| poet | Christina Rossetti NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| refrain |
Because my love is come to me
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My heart is gladder than all these ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | irregular ⓘ |
| stanzaCount | 2 ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
English poetry curricula
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Victorian literature courses ⓘ |
| symbol |
birthday as metaphor for renewal
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birthday as metaphor for spiritual rebirth ⓘ garden as paradise ⓘ heart as vessel of love ⓘ |
| theme |
celebration of love
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fulfilled love ⓘ religious symbolism ⓘ spiritual joy ⓘ spiritual richness ⓘ union of human and divine love ⓘ |
| tone |
exultant
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joyful ⓘ |
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