Birches" is a memorable poem that is rich and interesting enough to repay more than one reading.
             Robert Frost provides vivid images of birches in order to oppose life's harsh realities with the
             human actions of the imagination.
             I recommend this poem to anyone interested in reading and studying poetry that meets many
             requirements for excellence. However, it can not be understood from a quick once-over in a
             classroom. Its meaning can only be revealed by reading it over and over in a quiet setting.
             "Birches" has a profound theme and its sounds, rhythm, form, tone, and figures of speech
             emphasize this meaning.
             "Birches" provides an interesting aspect of imagination to oppose reality. Initially, reality is pictured
             as birches bending and cracking from the load of ice after a freezing rain.
             They are dragged to the withered bracken by the load
             And they seem not to break; though once they are bowed
             So low for long, they never right themselves:
             Reality has its ups and downs. This passage suggests that people never fully recover from being
             dragged down by life even if they don't seem broken.
             Imagination is portrayed as "a swinger of birches." The portrayal of the boy refines this image:
             One by one he subdued his father's trees
             By riding them down over and over again.
             The boy seems to take in lessons about life from these encounters with the trees on his father's
             He learned al...