the [ice] stir cracks and crazes their enamel." He also compares this image to that of breaking glass and compares it to the "dome of heaven" shattering. I enjoy how he offers such different interpretations for the appearance of the bark. My persona

ing from tree to tree, but jumping off before they touched the ground. In this paragraph, Frost explores a boy, perhaps his own, fantasies with the birch trees. He offers a more child-like approach to explain the appearance of the trees. The final part of the poem deals with Frost's adult views about birch trees and how he relates it to his life. He is reflecting back to a boy's innocent childhood experience. Although we are not certain that the boy described in the poem is Frost, it is definitely a possibility because he grew up in New England, an area with many birch trees. At the end of the poem, Frost longs to return back in time to this carefree life. Frost says that whenever his life becomes difficult and confusing, he wishes that he could just swing carefully from branch to branch as he did when he was a child. In fact, he enjoyed this era in his life so much that he is willing to be "reborn" to experience this stage of his life again. Don't worry, he is not suicidal, h!

l favorite is the shattering of the dome in heaven. I think this creates a vivid image for the reader. He goes on to say that once the branches are bent, they never return completely upright again, but they are so flexible that they never break. "You may see their trunks arching in the woods/ Years afte

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