Birches The Birches By Robert Frost

Birches By Robert Frost Themes Reveals a sense of maturity, and getting older. Mentions climbing to heaven. Which could mean getting closer to god. He speaks of returning. Wants to get as close to god as possible but doesn’t want to die.

Structure and techniques Poem does not rhyme Introduction lasts 6 lines Poem creates images of the trees twisting Metaphor- “as the stir cracks and crazes their enamel” Metaphor- “Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away” Simile- “life is too much like a pathless wood” Simile- “Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair Before them over their heads to dry in the sun.”

Metaphors Metaphor- “as the stir cracks and crazes their enamel” Metaphor- “Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away”

Similes Simile- “life is too much like a pathless wood” Simile- “Like girls on hands and knees that throw their hair before them over their heads to dry in the sun.”

More techniques Personification- “But I was going to say when Truth broke in With all her matter-of-fact about the ice-storm” Alliteration- “Cracks and Crazes” Repetition- “Over and over”

Birches By Robert Frost

By Matt Young