1206: Birches by Robert Frost
Today\u2019s poem is Birches by Robert Frost. The Slowdown is your daily poetry ritual.
It\u2019s fall, and that means \u201cback-to-school\u201d. We put together this week\u2019s episodes for the educators in our audience \u2014 especially those of you who may be looking for a little Slowdown treatment on those classroom classics, from Shakespeare to Frost. We hope you all enjoy these selections, as learners of any age.
\\In this episode, Major writes\u2026 \u201cI have long admired today\u2019s poem by Robert Frost. \u201cBirches\u201d spotlights a young boy who makes his own fun in the outdoors. It\u2019s a poem about self-reliant play. It is powerful for how it precisely describes a boy\u2019s ascent up a tree then his launch onto solid ground. In that sense, the poem becomes an allegory for the speaker, who himself wishes to climb out of his adult world.\u201d
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