The document analyzes the imagery and metaphors used in the poem "Birthday" by Christina Rossetti. It discusses how the poet compares her heart to a singing bird nesting in a well-watered shoot, symbolizing nourishment but also instability. Her heart is also likened to an apple tree bearing thick fruits, representing depth of feeling. Further metaphors depict the heart as a rainbow shell floating calmly at sea, suggesting fulfillment of promises and peace of mind.
The document analyzes the imagery and metaphors used in the poem "Birthday" by Christina Rossetti. It discusses how the poet compares her heart to a singing bird nesting in a well-watered shoot, symbolizing nourishment but also instability. Her heart is also likened to an apple tree bearing thick fruits, representing depth of feeling. Further metaphors depict the heart as a rainbow shell floating calmly at sea, suggesting fulfillment of promises and peace of mind.
The document analyzes the imagery and metaphors used in the poem "Birthday" by Christina Rossetti. It discusses how the poet compares her heart to a singing bird nesting in a well-watered shoot, symbolizing nourishment but also instability. Her heart is also likened to an apple tree bearing thick fruits, representing depth of feeling. Further metaphors depict the heart as a rainbow shell floating calmly at sea, suggesting fulfillment of promises and peace of mind.
The document analyzes the imagery and metaphors used in the poem "Birthday" by Christina Rossetti. It discusses how the poet compares her heart to a singing bird nesting in a well-watered shoot, symbolizing nourishment but also instability. Her heart is also likened to an apple tree bearing thick fruits, representing depth of feeling. Further metaphors depict the heart as a rainbow shell floating calmly at sea, suggesting fulfillment of promises and peace of mind.
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Birthday- by Christina Rossetti
Imagery
In the first line the poet uses the simile My heart is like a singing bird. This shows the natural and romantic side of the poets heart.
In the next line the poet says, Whose nest is in the watered shoot. This creates an image of the food upon which the poet can spend her lifetime has been provided. This symbolises the growth of a shoot into a plant. By the shoot being show as well watered, this shows the image of greenness and nourishment. On the other hand, the poet shows the nest of the singing bird on the shoot, rather that it being on the tree. This paints a picture of the nest being unstable.
Then in the 3 rd and the 4 th line, the poet compares her heart using a simile by an apple tree, which is growing thick fruits. This paints a picture in our mind about the deepness and the connection between her heart and herself.
Furthermore in lines 5 and 6, the poet compares her heart with her using a simile by a rainbow shell that is floating in a calm sea. This paints a picture that the rainbow shell are the promises of god that are being fulfilled and therefore, the poet is enjoying her calmness and peace of mind in the floating sea.
In the last 2 lines of the first verse, the poet compares its heart to the gladder. This shows that the world is incapable of accepting the poets emotional state.
