Was Robert Frost a lover of nature? This question has been one that has been argued for years. Many critics argue that he was a hater of nature and that he has just been misunderstood (French 155). Others see him as a lover of nature. Frost involves nature in every aspect of his writing (Liebman 1). Several of his poems to show different aspects of his writing. "Birches," shows how he runs to nature to get away from the world. How a man-made world has taken away from nature in, "Out, out-". Frost feels a simple moment face to face with nature is all anyone needs, using "Two Look at Two." "Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening," will show how humans want to stay in nature but know that they cannot. Lastly, "Mending Wall," proves that nature helps to keep the human race together. Frost is indeed a lover of nature.
             Frost was looking toward nature for the nourishment that he needed to get back to a life of kayos. Frost's poem "Birches," is said to be one of his most misunderstood poems. Some critics such as Roberts W. French interpret this the poem by saying Frost is trying to escape from nature (156). On the other hand many people feel that it is an escape to nature. Frost uses many different metaphors in his poems. He picks the birch tree in "Birches," because of the effect that it has on the reader. It has way of tacking children above the earth and then placing them back onto the ground with no harm
             Some boy too far from town to learn baseball,
             Whose only play was what he found himself,
             Summer or winter, and could play alone.
             One by one he subdued his father's trees
             By riding them down over and over again
             Until he took the stiffness out of them,
             And not one but hung limp, not one was left
             For him to conquer (Frost 1).
             He uses the tree to...