Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY BIRTHDAY, by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Chide not because I doubt who would believe Last Line: In some glad morning to be born again. Alternate Author Name(s): Chandler, Ellen Louise Subject(s): Birthdays | ||||||||
CHIDE not because I doubt who would believe! Has not my life been like that April day Whose dawn awoke us with such proud display Of mocking glory, kindled to deceive, While in the distance low winds seemed to grieve, -- Winds sad with prophecy, -- then skies grew gray, And all the morning splendor passed away, And dark with rain came on the gusty eve? That was my birthday, symbol of my birth, -- Capricious April's heir, the sport of Fate, Doomed to be better friends with Grief than Mirth, To know no love that did not come too late, -- My only hope, sore spent with life's long pain, In some glad morning to be born again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BIRTHDAY (AUTOBIOGRAPHY) by ROBINSON JEFFERS POEM FOR MY TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY by KENNETH KOCH A HAPPY BIRTHDAY by TED KOOSER FOR A SOLDIER'S BIRTHDAY by EVE MERRIAM PICTURE THIS:/ FOR THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF QUEEN ELIZABETH THE QUEEN MOTHER by ANDREW MOTION POEM FOR MY BIRTHDAY by LISEL MUELLER A PAINTED FAN by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON |
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