The tone of the poem in the beginning is calm and sombre as the speaker is reflecting upon the nature of birches in winter then the tone becomes philosophical because the poet thinks of the depth beyond the apparent look of birches. The tone becomes nostalgic in the end when the poet is thinking ofRead more

The titles of the frost’s poems are always ironical. Here, Birches are the centre image because of the way the speaker thinks of them. Birches are what provoke the emotions of the speaker and put him into reverie. The run of his imagination is around the trees so the title is apt in its essence.

Birches mean literally a kind of tree which grows in the referred geography but its extended meaning is Nature and its indifference towards human beings. And yet the contact between both happens from our side.

Metaphors- It is when a word is used to imply something else. Example- Enamel- the poet compares the surface pf trees trunk with this to describe how they glisten due to snow. Personification- It is to give human feature to anything else. The poem describes ‘Truth’ as something breaking in to interrRead more

Birches- This tree symbolises Nature and its numerous affairs in which human beings also take part. Swinging boys- It represents one’s youthful period when one can play in isolation without minding anything. Falling Ice- It may represent the burden of this world which comes to us in various forms thRead more