Robert Frost: Poems
Discuss the theme of endurance in Robert Frost's Birches
Discuss the theme of endurance in the poem
Discuss the theme of endurance in the poem
The speaker realizes that the bends are actually caused by ice storms - the weight of the ice on the branches forces them to bend toward the ground - but he prefers his idea of the boy swinging on the branches, climbing up the tree trunks and swinging from side to side, from earth up to heaven. The tree shows endurance which the speaker hopes to experience.