A Birthday
Christina Rossetti
1830 to 1894
Track 1
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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My heart is like a singing bird
My heart is gladder than all these
In leaves and silver fleurs-de-lys;
My heart is like a rainbow shell
That paddles in a halcyon sea;
Carve it in doves and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
Work it in gold and silver grapes,
My heart is like an apple-tree
Because the birthday of my life
Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit;
Is come, my love is come to me.
Whose nest is in a water'd shoot;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Raise me a dais of silk and down;
Because my love is come to me.
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