Birches by Robert Frost
In the poem “Birches”, Robert frost takes an image of a birch tree whose branches have been worn from the winter, and transforms the literal image into a deeper poem about escaping from the ground and the earth into a safe haven up in the branches, being able to swing freely and return to reality when you please. Frost uses symbolism in almost every line of the poem, relating the literal to the imagination. “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.” This line is a perfect example of his form of writing. He compares the ice melting off of the branches they cover because of the snow, to the illusion that the inner dome of heaven had fallen to the earth like pieces of broken glass to be swept away. Frost brings in the image of a small boy using the tree as his only playmate. He describes how the boy explores every part of the tree, leaving no branch untouched.
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Approximate Word count = 682
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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