Natures transcendental quality is described in Robert Frosts poem Birches The speaker of the poem is an older man who recalls the memory of being a swinger of birches The overwhelming aspects of his life cause him to yearn for the trouble free and undemanding times of childhood Although the poem is written from the speakers viewpoint the perspective of a specific boy is introduced These two outlooks offer contrasting perceptions of what the birch tree and act of climbing and swinging represent
The poem Birches written by Robert Frost is about a man reflecting on his life and when he was a child and how he wishes he could have that life back When he was young he could escape life by climbing the birches and be brought right back down by the trees flexibility 1 As he grew up the birches got weighted so much by other conflicts that he cant be brought up to how he used to be and could not escape adulthood and reality When I see birches bend to left and right across the line of straighter