“Summer or winter, and could play alone.One by one he subdued his father's treesBy riding them down over and over againUntil he took the stiffness out of them,And not one but hung limp, not one was left For him to conquer. He learned all there wasTo learn about not launching out too soonAnd so not carrying the tree away Clear to the ground.”
The main focal point of “Birches” is the image of life and its tribulations as time passes and as a person ages. The symbolism of aging and weakening birches portrays that being older comes with more hardships compared to the carefree life of childhood that many wish they could revert to. Frost uses realistic depictions by nature to further describe afflictions in life that everyone has faced.
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