...Red, Red Rose" and "A Birthday? "A Red, Red Rose" by Robert Burns and "A Birthday" by Christina Rossetti. The conclusion is the end of a five page paper for Honors Comp I. My thesis is "Despite the different situation, tone, use of repetition, structure, and form, the poems’ connection lies within their central theme of love because they both establish love as an eternal boundless emotion through their use of similes and diction."