Birches

Birches
by Robert Frost

When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.
But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay
As ice-storms do. Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
After a rain. They click upon themselves
As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored
As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel.
Soon the sun’s warmth makes them shed crystal shells
Shattering and avalanching on the snow-crust—
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away
You’d think the inner dome of heaven had fallen.
They are dragged to the withered bracken by the load,
And they seem not to break; though once they are bowed
So low for long, they never right themselves:
You may see their trunks arching in the woods
Years afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground
Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair
Before them over their heads to dry in the sun.
But I was going to say when Truth broke in
With all her matter-of-fact about the ice-storm
I should prefer to have some boy bend them
As he went out and in to fetch the cows—
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. He learned all there was
To learn about not launching out too soon
And so not carrying the tree away
Clear to the ground. He always kept his poise
To the top branches, climbing carefully
With the same pains you use to fill a cup
Up to the brim, and even above the brim.
Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish,
Kicking his way down through the air to the ground.
So was I once myself a swinger of birches.
And so I dream of going back to be.
It’s when I’m weary of considerations,
And life is too much like a pathless wood
Where your face burns and tickles with the cobwebs
Broken across it, and one eye is weeping
From a twig’s having lashed across it open.
I’d like to get away from earth awhile
And then come back to it and begin over.
May no fate willfully misunderstand me
And half grant what I wish and snatch me away
Not to return. Earth’s the right place for love:
I don’t know where it’s likely to go better.
I’d like to go by climbing a birch tree,
And climb black branches up a snow-white trunk
Toward heaven, till the tree could bear no more,
But dipped its top and set me down again.
That would be good both going and coming back.
One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.

Summary of the birch
popularity of the "birches": Robert Frost, a great American poet, wrote "birches". This poem is considered to be one of the best literary pieces for its subjects of natural beauty and memory. The poem is about the beautiful birches. It also tells of the speaker's experiences with these trees in the past. Its popularity, however, lies in the fact that it is about the theme of a carefree life.
"Birches" as representatives of natural beauty: The poet shows how the dark and curved trees attract his attention. When he takes a look at the birch trees bend from left to right in the forest, he believes that the swaying boys caused bends in their branches. He later realizes that these bends can also be caused by ice -storms, as the weight of the ice forces them to bend toward the ground due to the pressure.
Although he envisions both situations, he prefers the first one, which is based on his memory remembers how he used to swing back and forth in the trees and for From Earth to Heaven. He uses his active imagination to give readers the pleasure of swinging on birch trees. Furthermore, he compares his life to a pathless forest and the desire to escape those carefree days of childhood. Therefore, he dreams of swinging on the birch trees to get away from the pains of life.
Main themes in “Birches”: Nature, memory and childhood are the main themes of this poem. The poem talks about the poet's encounter with those beautiful trees. It illustrates how he associates two different ideas while looking at the bent branches of those beautiful trees. remind you of the beautiful days gone by of him. Furthermore, he imagines how natural calamities can transform the actual appearance of objects. He wishes to be the libertine of the birches as he was in his childhood.
Analysis of the literary devices used in the birches
Literary resources are tools that are used to convey emotions, ideas and themes in a poem or story. With the help of these devices, writers make their texts more attractive to the reader. Robert Frost has also used some literary devices in this poem to capture the beauty of birch trees. The following is an analysis of some of the literary resources used in this poem.

Assonance: Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds in the same line. For example, the sound of / to / in "Breaking and avalanche on snow crust -".
Consonance: Consonance is the repetition of consonant sounds in the same line, such as the sound of / l / in "Soon the heat of the sun makes them throw glass shells."
Personalization: Personification is giving human qualities to inanimate objects . For example, on line sixteen, "So low for too long, they never straighten." As if the trees were human and could correct their postures but they are not willing to do that.
Anaphora: Refers to the repetition of a word or expression in the first part of some verses. For example, “Como el” in the first stanza of the poem is repeated to emphasize the point.
Alliteration: Alliteration is the repetition of consonant sounds on the same line in rapid succession. For example, the if / c / en sound "While the stir is cracking and cracking your enamel" and the / b / en sound "When I see birch trees lean left and right."
Simile: Simile is used for comparison something with something else to clarify the meaning for readers. For example,
“Years later, dragging their leaves on the ground
Like girls on hands and knees pulling their hair.”

Pictures: Pictures are used to make the Readers perceive things that engage their five senses, for example, "When I see birch trees bending to the left and right," "To the upper branches, climbing carefully" and "And climbing black branches through the snow - white trunk."
Enjambment: Defined as a thought or clause that does not end in a line break, instead moves to the next line. For example,
“And life is too much like a pathless forest
Where your face burns and tickles you with cobwebs
It breaks and an eye cries
For a twig that has opened it ”.

Hyperbole: Hyperbole is a device used to exaggerate a statement for the sake of emphasis. For example,
“Soon the heat of the sun causes them to throw glass shells
Breaking and avalanching the snow crust. "

analysis of poetic devices used in" birch "
Poetic and literary devices are the same, but some are only used in poetry. Here is the analysis of some poetic devices used in this poem

Strophe: A stanza is a series of lines or verse in a poem. 'Birches' is a single stanza poem with fifty lines without a line break.
Free verse: Free verse is a type of poetry that does not contain any pattern of rhyme or meter. Verse poem without strict rhyme or meter
Used quotations
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