Question

Analyze the effect of poetic structure in this poem a birthday by Christina Rossetti what is the repetition of my heart at the beginning of each two lines in the first stanza in a birthday make on the meaning of this poem
My heart is like a singing bird whose nest is in a watered shoe my heart is like an apple tree who’s boughs are bent with thickest fruit 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

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer 2

Explanation:

These lines are all referring to how the author's heart feels. The words "My heart..." is said 4 times in the 8 lines. Answer 2 is the most reasonable.

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