... , but there is no way to know what is around the next bend. "Birches" is seems to be entirely about woods and trees. As the name implies, this is the main focus though the story. They are shown as an opponent for a boy that, once beaten, though very resilient, will never rise again. He describes them as being laden down with the results ... of an ice storm, but that he would like to think of them as being bent over by this boy. His use of the ice storm and the boy seems to represent his wistfulness at growing old and his desire to be young again. This was written when he was about 45. Ab...

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• Grade Level: High School

... Frost writes that he "should prefer to have some boy bend them." There should be birches "for him to conquer." He says "I"d go by climbing a birch tree Toward heaven One could do worse than be a swinger of birches." He also talks about nature and how the different seasons affect a birch tree. Frosts ... " view of the birches is that they should be used as swings by young boys "Whose only play was what he found himself." He uses his first view of nature through winter. The trees ... bends like a boy has been swinging on it. Next, the spring comes along and melts the snow's crystal shell o...

• Word Count: 383
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• Grade Level: High School