A Birthday

Question	Answer
Structure	It has an octave structure which shows love is free flowing, also the rhyme on every second line shows dependence on love
My heart is like a singing bird Whose nest is in a water'd shoot; My heart is like an apple-tree Whose boughs are bent with thickset fruit	Anaphora at the beginning of each line brings the focus back to love Singing is a symbol for rejoicing, and the nest shows an idea of fertility and homeliness The watered shoot is a metaphor for new life The thickest fruit is a reference to fertility and shows great jow
My heart is like a rainbow shell That paddles in a halcyon sea; My heart is gladder than all these Because my love is come to me	Rainbow is a symbol for joy and magic halcyon sea has biblical connotations as well as being kinaesthetic imagery for the vastness of love
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;	Could be preparing for a ceremony The colors identified are symbols of opulence Doves are a symbol of innocence Peacocks are Hera's animal
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	Fleur-de-lys are a symbol of royalty The birthday could be a metaphor for being born again when falling in love

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	Created by Reuben Veysey-Smith over 9 years ago