"Birches" by Robert Frost

Today we read and analyzed a 59 line poem called "Birches" by Robert Frost. It was about the author being reminded of his carefree life in his childhood when he saw birch trees in the forest, The time that the poem occurred in was never mentioned or explicitly given, but since it was said that a ice storm was what caused the trees to hang limp, we concluded that the time was around Winter. I learned him wanting to climb the tree was symbolizing him wanting to go back to his childhood. This was because he has various responsibilities in his adulthood that he doesn't want to deal with anymore. And my personal connection to this poem was that I related to how the author felt, even as a teenager. 

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