Birches by Robert Frost

Birches by Robert Frost

LINE 1:

• 'I' = first person - informal + conversation manner
• 'birches bend' = plossive / contrast

LINE 2:

• 'straighter darker trees' = stand ominously free from human manipulation, menacing in their irresponsiviness to acts of the will.
• childhood - flexible contrast with adulthood

LINE 3:

• Imagination

LINE 4:

• youth doesnt stay old age catches up

LINE 5:

• 'ice-storms do that.' = short sentences - idyllic - harsh

LINE 6:

• 'ice' 'sunny' = juxtoposition

LINE 7:

• 'click' = sensory imagery - onamatepia

LINE 9:

• 'cracks and crazes' = wrinkling of old age
•  consonance
• 'enamel' = teeth, bones

LINE 10:

• assonance / alliteration / sibilance / metaphor

LINE 12:

• analogy
• dramatic imagery
• adult phrased

LINE 13:

• 'dome of heaven had fallen' = beliveved to seperate heaven and earth /…