![]() ![]() Onomatopoeia - Words that mean what they sound.Īs the stir cracks and crazes their enamel. Along with the beat in the words, Frost uses the sense of sound to add aural (relating to sound) texture to the poem. ![]() This gives the poem a free flowing tone, enhanced with the use of enjambment - a style where verses break into the next line without punctuation. The poem is chiefly written in blank verse- an unrhymed iambic pentameter. Structurally, Birches is a stichic - a poem with no stanza breaks. There’s an easygoing feel with a certain wistfulness, as the poet merges his current reality with his youthful memories. The poem becomes a dramatic monologue - a steady one-person talk to another. Advertisementsįrost speaks as a friend sharing his inner self, adopting a first person conversation style. It probably explains why the poet chose the theme of escaping to transcendence - a state of existence that is better than the normal one. ![]() Perhaps in his own way, the poem was Frost’s attempt to soothe in troubled times - telling us to embrace Life’s simple pleasures and find peace. ![]() Behind its simple charm, there is a world weariness that hints of the turmoil during that period, especially in the middle verses (Lines 11-17). Birches, originally titled ‘Swinging on Birches’ was one of Frost’s early works published in 1916 - right in the middle of World War I. ![]()
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