A Birthday
Christina Rossetti
1830 to 1894
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Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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Because my love is come to me.
Carve it in doves and pomegranates,
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
My heart is gladder than all these
In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
Because the birthday of my life
My heart is like a singing bird
Is come, my love is come to me.
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
My heart is like an apple-tree
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;