Alexander Pope's "To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday"

About this episode

The episode discusses Alexander Pope's poem about finding happiness on birthdays, regardless of personal feelings towards them.

Today’s poem argues you don’t have to like birthdays to have a happy one. Happy reading. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit dailypoempod.substack.com/subscribe

Topics covered

• birthdays
• poetry
• celebration
• happiness
• literature

Keywords

• Alexander Pope
• birthday
• poem
• happiness
• literature

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: To Mrs. M. B. On Her Birthday

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