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VALENTINES TO MY MOTHER: 1885 by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: ALL THE ROBIN REDBREASTS
Last Line: AND I'M YOUR VALENTINE.
Subject(s): BIRDS; HOLIDAYS; MOTHERS; VALENTINE'S DAY;
All the Robin Redbreasts
Have lived the winter thro',
Jenny Wrens have pecked their fill
And found a work to do,
Families of Sparrows
Have weathered wind & storm
With Rabbit on the stony hill
And Hare upon her form.

You & I, my Mother,
Have lived the winter thro',
And still we play our daily parts
And still find work to do:
And still the cornfields flourish,
The olive & the vine,
And still you reign my Queen of Hearts
And I'm your Valentine.



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