Comment on Birches as a descriptive poem
Explanation
The following are expected from the candidates:
i. The poem as a descriptive poem.
ii. The agents of birch bending: nature and the country boy.
iii. The sun’s warm light and its effect on the icy weight on the birch.
iv. The comparison of the drooping leaves of the birch to the hanging hair of crawling girls.
v. The poet’s wish to leave the earth awhile by swinging a birch and return to earth.