Assignment task: Discuss as many poetic techniques as you find the author using in the poem "The Birth-day " by Mary Robinson, providing specific examples from the text/poem as evidence.
You can also include some of these questions in your discussion
- The relationship between the form (the poetic techniques) and the content.
- What does the author try to achieve by using these poetic techniques?
- How do they relate to the overall goals of the poem?