However, Frost suggests that repeated ice storms are what bend the branches. Frost compares the breaking away of the ice from the trees to the "dome of heaven" shattering (Line 13). ... The ice can symbolize difficult times that come in life, while the ice breaking away may represent renewed hope for the future. ... Frost further explains the branches bend because of the ice, however, they do not break. ...
However, Frost suggests that repeated ice storms are what bend the branches. Frost compares the breaking away of the ice from the trees to the "dome of heaven" shattering (Line 13). ... The ice can symbolize difficult times that come in life, while the ice breaking away may represent renewed hope for the future. ... Frost further explains the branches bend because of the ice, however, they do not break. ...
However, Frost suggests that repeated ice storms are what bend the branches. Frost compares the breaking away of the ice from the trees to the "dome of heaven" shattering (Line 13). ... The ice can symbolize difficult times that come in life, while the ice breaking away may represent renewed hope for the future. ... Frost further explains the branches bend because of the ice, however, they do not break. ...
The first image that Frost describes to his readers is a realistic picture of birch trees being bent from an ice storm. He makes the connection that our lives become weighted with stresses of various kinds, which is symbolic of the ice weighing down the heavy branches of the birch tree. ...
Obviously from experience the speaker concludes that the droopiness of the trees was caused by an ice storm, because the speaker confirms to the audience that a boy's swinging on the birches could not be the cause of the permanent damage to the trees. ...
