The speaker in "Birches" compares the boy's climbing to
a. girls dying there hair
b. sweeping up broken glass
c. a forest full of spiderwebs
d. filling a cup to the top
I think D
"With the same pains you use to fill a cup
Up to the brim, and even above the brim.
Then he flung outward, feet first, with a swish,
Kicking his way down through the air to the ground."
To figure out the correct answer, we need to analyze the lines of the poem "Birches" by Robert Frost. In this poem, the speaker reflects on childhood experiences and his observations of birch trees. The lines of the poem reveal the speaker's comparison of the boy's climbing to a particular action or image.
First, let's look at the lines of the poem and see if any of the options match the description:
"But swinging doesn't bend them down to stay
As ice storms do. Often you must have seen them
Loaded with ice a sunny winter morning
After a rain."
From these lines, we can see that the speaker is mentioning the way birch trees bend and sway under the weight of ice after a rain. This comparison helps us understand what the speaker is likening the boy's climbing to.
Now, let's consider the options you provided:
a. girls dying their hair: This option does not match the description of the bending birch trees in the poem.
b. sweeping up broken glass: This option also does not match the description. The poem does not mention anything related to broken glass.
c. a forest full of spiderwebs: This option does not match the description. The poem is specifically discussing the bending of birch trees under the weight of ice.
d. filling a cup to the top: This option does not match the description either. The poem is focused on the bending of birch trees, not filling a cup.
Based on our analysis, the correct answer is none of the options listed. The correct comparison made by the speaker in "Birches" is that the boy's climbing is like the bending and swaying of birch trees under the weight of ice after a rain.
He's jumping out of the tree in those lines. He's not climbing.
Wait sorry I forgot the first line:
To the top branches, climbing carefully