"Birthday"
By Carl Dennis
The poem "Birthday" by Carl Dennis shows us the thought process of a man who is doubting whether or not he is worthy of the life that he has had. The poem describes a man who is looking back on his life and is thinking about all that he has done but is also thinking about what he could have appreciated better and what the true meaning of his life is.
He seems to be very focused on the fact that others who did not have the chance to have a life like his would appreciate all that he has more than he does. He first introduces this self doubt when he claims, "I wonder how many of them would have felt more lucky (Dennis 14)." The question that is posed is the introduction to what is to come of this poem which is a monologue of himself thinking to himself about how the little things are the ones that matter and that he has not taken those little things with the respect that they deserve. By writing the poem the author wants us to think about the little things in our own lives and the things that we can show more gratitude that we would not think to before.
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