Imagery in birches

What happens in "Birches" by Robert Frost? How do the poem’s language, images, and symbols convey its themes to readers? Do you prefer this type of modernist poem or more experimental ones? Why?

Please respond to each of the three people. In 40-75 words state weather you agree or disagree and give examples/showing further understanding of the poem, while being respectful.

What happens in "Birches" by Robert Frost? How do the poem’s language, images, and symbols convey its themes to readers? Do you prefer this type of modernist poem or more experimental ones? Why? 1) The poem "Birches" by Robert Frost starts off about the speaker describing the birches branches and how they imagine that some boys have been swinging on them. Then, sates that "swinging on them does not bend them down as much as ice storms do". I think the birches have to do with the feelings and emotional state the speaker is in. The poems language and imagery throughout describe the birches in each state of the weather and compares with the speakers emotional state. The imagery shows symbols on what the theme could be by using words as withered or bracken. Later in the poem the speaker describes a boy playing on the birches which suggest that the birch trees were a way of happiness in their life and wishes they could swing on them once again also but life "much like a pathless wood" gets in the way. I like modernist poems but I prefer experimental ones more. It may not be easy to get their meaning but everyone has a different meaning for it which makes them unique. 2) In “Birches”, Robert Frost describes a birch tree nearby. He begins to fantasize the tree is damaged due to boys swinging on it, but in reality, the tree is bent because of the ice storms. Frost uses imagery to connect with the audience. The speaker uses the boy as a sign of childhood, carefree and fun. Hence the bent birch tree. This poem shows the life between adults and children. Where if he were still young he could live in a world with minimal consequences. However, his increase in age shows him the reality of being broken my nature (ice storms effect on the tree). I do think this kind of modernist poem. It connects to because of my own transition between childhood and adulthood. Also, Frost’s modernist is simpler that many other poems. It brings a straightforward example of life. 3) In Robert Frost's poem "Birches" he describes the birch trees and how they bend easily as if a boy has been swinging on them. He uses language, images, and symbols to set the mood and covey the theme to its reader. An example of this is when he uses images and elements to giver the reader an image, "Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning After a rain. They click upon themselves..." I enjoy and prefer this type of modernist poem compared to more experimental ones because for me it is easier to read and understand because of the description, language, and symbols that convey a theme that is understandable for the reader. ...
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