1. Robert Frost's Poem "Birches"
The imagery Frost uses to show the stress and strain put on the branches by the force of nature allows the reader to picture something being forever altered by the span of time. ... That metaphoric quote was used to show that life is a learning process and that it is important to live before you assume, before you jump. ... Understanding that you've reached you"re last tree is what brings me to my third and final movement (lines 41 to 55) "the way you wish things could be once more." ... He uses the imagery of a more empty space to show how things could seem when you've lost your ...
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