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My Interpretation Of Frost's "Birches" - Paper

My Interpretation Of Frost's "Birches"

After reading this poem, I believe that it can be divided into three specific parts. The scientific explanation for the appearance of birches, Frost's boyhood fantasy about their appearance, and his present day interpretation of their appearance.
In the first section, Frost explains the birches appearances scientifically. He implies that natural phenomenon’s make the branches of the birch trees sway. He explains that ice storms, which is a characteristic of New England weather, can accumulate on the branches and cause them to become heavy and bending. Birches have a black background with crackled snow white bark on top of the black bark. It has an unusual appearance because both the ...

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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 afterwards, trailing their leaves on the ground." These are some of the natural phenomenon’s that Frost mentions to explain the appearance of Birch trees.
Frost then goes on to offer a more fantasy-like interpretation that he knows is not the real reason for their appearance, but it is imaginative and creative. He imagines little boys could have caused this bending of the branches to happen because they were swinging and playing on them. He then begins to tell a fable-like story that could explain their appearance. He describes a young boy that lives in a rural territory, possibly a farm, that goes out to do his chores, like fetching the cows, but gets side tracked by both the beauty of the ...

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Added: 7/7/2006 12:44:30 AM
Category: Poetry & Poets
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