Interpretation of Birches
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. 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
I like this poem very much for the way that Frost can separate his thoughts into different ways of explaining his feelings, but at the same time, be formulating a conclusion that will suddenly bring everything together again. " (10-13)A wonderful image of breaking glass is created as the wind, causing the trees to sway, shatters the burdensome layer of ice. Frost also seems to make it clear that he is not yet ready to reach heaven, and the tree bending back down to the ground again show this unpreparedness. He reflects back to a boyhood experience, possibly his own, although I am not sure that the boy described in the poem is he. though once they are bowedso low for long, they never right themselves:you see their trunks arching in the woodsYears afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground. In this poem Frost is able to use a narrator to show us that we always have things in our life that are important or symbolic to us. " (49-50, 55-58)He enjoyed this part of his life so much, and he would be willing to go back and do it all again. He makes use of an excellent image that the top of the birch tree represents heaven for him, and the more he climbs the closer he will be to his dream, and ultimately to heaven. Although he has grown up, some of the child-like attitudes within him still burn brightly. these layers are visible at the same time. "One could do worse than to be a swinger of birches. 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.
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