When I see biches 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
Ice-storms do that. Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
After a rain. They click upon themselves
As the breeze rises, and turn many-colored
As the stir cracks and crazes their enamel
Soon the sun's warmth makes them shed crystal shells
Shattering and avalanching on the snow. crust-
Such heaps of broken glass to sweep away
You'd think the inner dome of heaven had fallen
Road this excerpt from Robert Frost's poem "Birchos." Which statement
best analyzes the way the rhythm and motor of the poom support ito
meaning?
10 OUESTION
The iambic meter creates a conversational tone that is well suited to the
rambling storytelling of the poem.
The short, hurried lines show that the speaker believes that birches are
endangered
The change in meter in the middle of the text helps indicate the
importance of the melting of ice to the poem's symbolic meaning
The singsongy rhythm reinforces the idea that trees are primarily
important to children