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What is this poem talking about ?

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 thick‐set 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.
Raise me a daïs of silk and down;
Hang it with vair and purple dyes;
Carve it in doves and pomegranates,
And peacocks with a hundred eyes;
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.
‐Christina Rossetti

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Ok so this poem means that this person has fallen in love and are happy, and that it is a time to celebrate because they feel they were never truly alive until this moment. Hope that helps! If you still dont get it i can try to re explain :)
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