Compare and contrast ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' and ‘Birches'.

The poetry of Robert Frost often embraces themes of nature. ‘Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening' and ‘Birches' are not exceptions. Frost shows the relationship between nature and humans in both poems.

In the poem ‘Birches', the narrator sees trees whose branches have been bent by ice storms. However, he favors a vision of branches that are bent as a result of boys swinging on them, just as he did when he was young. Here, he is connecting humans to nature.

Frost also lends sound to his description of the branches as "they click upon themselves/ As the breeze rises" (lines 7-8). This is a spin on the idea that problems and experiences "click" off of people, however, the click is not a snap implying that problems do not break people. Frost further explains the branches bend because of the ice, however, they do not break. This can also be compared to life because many people have problem and......

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