rs asserts that "Robert Frost looks toward nature for the nourishment that he needs in order to return to his normal life of chaos" (Meyers 78). Frost's poem "Birches," is said to be one of his most misunderstood poems. Meyers also contends that some critics such as James M. Cox, interpret this poem by saying "Frost is actually trying to escape from nature" (qtd. Meyers 156). On the other hand, John Lynen feels that this poem "is an escape to nature" (Lynen 29). Frost sets up a conversation with himself using dialogue between his sensible, knowing self and his fantasizing, nostalgic self. Frost would like to think that a child at play bent the trees, probably to escape the truth tha
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