Main Ideas in "Birches"

Who is the speaker of the poem?

• A man reflecting upon his boyhood
• A girl who lives in the city
• Robert Frost
• A cow

What two different actions involving the birch trees does the speaker contemplate?

• The trees being climbed by children and the trees being cut down by lumberjacks
• The trees being bent by a young boy and the trees being bent by an ice storm
• The trees having their leaves knocked off like "shed crystal shells" and the trees being "bowed/So low for long, [that] they never right themselves"
• The trees being painted by artists and planted by farmers

What kind of setting does the speaker seem to describe?

• A dystopian setting
• An urban setting
• A setting found in ancient history
• A rural setting

What is a simile?

• A comparison of two unlike things that includes the words "like" or "as"
• A facial expression
• A comparison of two unlike things that does not include the words "like" or "as"
• The effect when a series of words begins with the same letters or sounds

What figurative language devices does Frost utilize in "Birches"?

• Hyperbole, simile, imagery, and irony
• Idiom, metaphor, allusion, and alliteration
• Simile, metaphor, imagery, and alliteration
• Irony, allusion, metaphor, and alliteration