ROBERT FROST'S “BIRCHES”

A Response to Robert Frost's “Birches”

A Response to Robert Frost's “Birches”

This poem is written in blank verse with a special emphasis on, for example, when describing the frost cracks the ice on the branches, their choices of syllables create a visceral sense of the action takes place "sound of sense." "Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells / Breaking and avalanches in the snow crust - / piles of broken glass to sweep ..."

Originally, this poem was called "Swinging Birches", a title that perhaps provides a more accurate representation of the item. In writing this poem, ...