Robert Frost's style of writing has intrigued people for many years. His literary brilliance has inspired and guided his fans to look upon themselves in very different ways. The poem entitled "Birches" is no exception to this history of fresh new ways of telling stories. "Birches" tells a story of a birch tree through the eyes of a single narrator, and readers find themselves almost directly linked to the thoughts and daydreams of this narrator. The 'thoughts' put forth in this poem can be divided into three separate areas; a scientific view of the birch trees themselves, a childhood fantasy had by the narrator, and the narrator's personal view of the trees as they stand in the present.
             In this first area of discussion, the narrator explains how the trees look scientifically. He implies that natural phenomenon, such as wind, make the branches of the birch trees sway, and ice storms can accumulate on the branches causing them to bend.
             "Often you must have seen them
             Loaded with ice on a sunny winter morning
             As we know, birch trees have a black colored under-bark, with a dry paper like, almost snowy textured outer layer. The appearance of these trees could be considered strange because both of these layers are visible at the same time. The narrator offers several suggestions for their "strange" appearance, the best of these has to do with the image of the shattering of the ice layer that was the burden on the bark.
             "Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells
             Chattering and avalanching on the snow crust-
             Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away
             You'd think that inner dome of heaven had fallen." (10-13)
             A wonderful image of breaking glass is created as the wind, causing the trees to sway, shatters the burdensome layer of ice.
             so low for long, they never right thems
             ...