Robert Frost's poem, "Birches," points out that at certain times in life, it can be good to go back to what was once simple and true, like when children swing on the branches of trees. The setting of the poem is winter time and Frost seems like an old man wishing to be back in his youth. This paper will examine Frost's poem in depth to identify all the literary elements that are used. After the literary elements are identified, this paper will show how Frost himself wishes to be a child again swinging on the branches of birch trees.

The literary elements Frost uses really help to show the poems true beauty and power. Frost keeps his black verse interesting by using different variations. An example of regular blank verse in his poem is: "I like to think some boy's been swinging them" (line 3, p. 1175). An example of irregular blank verse in his poem is: "With all her matter of fact about the ice storm" (line 22, p. 1175). Two examples of alliteration in Frost's poem are:......

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Title: Swinging Back To Childhood- Robert Frost
Approximate Word Count: 1009
Approximate Pages: 5 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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