So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be. From a twig’s having lashed across it open. And then come back to it and begin over. Not to return. Earth’s the right place …

When I see birches bend to left and right Across the lines of straighter darker trees, I like to think some boy’s been swinging them. But swinging doesn’t bend them down to stay As ice-storms do. Often …

Robert Frost Reads "Birches" — Hear the poet himself read "Birches" in this old recording. Birch Swinging — Check out this video of somebody demonstrating how to swing from a birch tree.

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In writing this poem, Frost was inspired by his childhood experience with swinging on birches, which was a popular game for children in rural areas of New England during the time.

‘Birches’ is a meditation on bent birch trees that draws on Robert Frost’s childhood memories of swinging on such trees as a boy. The poem contrasts imagination with reality as the speaker …

So was I once myself a swinger of birches. And so I dream of going back to be. From a twig's having lashed across it open. And then come back to it and begin over. Not to return. Earth's the right place …

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A summary of “Birches” in Robert Frost's Frost's Early Poems. Learn exactly what happened in this chapter, scene, or section of Frost's Early Poems and what it means.