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My Interpretation of Robert Frost's "Birches" After reading this poem, I believe that it can be divided into three specific parts. The scientific explanation for the appearance of birches, Frost's boyhood fantasy about their appearance, and his present day interpretation of their appearance. In the first section, Frost explains the birches appearances scientifically. He implies that natural phenomenon’s make the branches of the birch trees sway. He explains that ice storms, which is a …

…trees represent heaven, and the more he climbs the closer he is to reaching his dream. However, he does not want to reach heaven right this instant, so the bending of the tree would send him back down to earth, or reality. "But dipped its top and set me down again/ That would be good both going and coming." But he would be perfectly content with his life being a "swinger of birches." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**