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Birches Questions and Answers ISC Class 11 and Class 12 The Editor
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Part – 1
(a) According to Frost, a poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom. Discuss the statement with close reference to this poem ‘Birches’.
Answer : Frost thinks that a poem imbibes an experience which provides delight to us in the beginning. As we dwell on the experience in all earnestness we begin to find in that experience some kind of wisdom.
‘Birches’ embodies such an experience. On seeing bent-up branches of birches he is reminded of his childhood. He clearly remembers how the birches remain bent down for long with the weight of ice which covers them after a snowstorm. When the sun shines, the ice melts, cracks and shines like the pieces of the broken glass. As the wind blows, the birches swing up and down. The poet also remembers with delight how the rural boys would resort to birch swinging. They learnt the art of going up and down in a poised manner.
Striking a personal note the poet vividly recalls how he was a birch-swinger as a boy. He would climb the top branches very carefully. Then he would fling himself forward with his feet stretched. Then he would come gently to the ground.
This delightful experience now ends in a wisdom for the poet when he is no longer a boy. He says that he still wants to swing on a birch. He wants to play the game to forget the troubles of his life in the town. But he wants this enjoyment for some time. He has to come down to the earth to do this earthly duties which cannot be neglected.
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