The speaker in "Birches" compares the boy's climbing to
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girls drying their hair.
sweeping up broken glass.
a forest full of spiderwebs.
filling a cup to the top.
a forest full of spiderwebs.
The speaker in "Birches" compares the boy's climbing to a forest full of spiderwebs.
To determine the correct answer to this question, we need to analyze the poem "Birches" by Robert Frost. By closely reading the poem and identifying any comparisons made by the speaker, we can find the answer.
In the poem, the speaker reflects on his own experiences of climbing birch trees as a child. He then describes how he often imagines the bending of the birch trees to be the result of a boy swinging on them. The key line that contains the comparison is:
"So was I once myself a swinger of birches"
From this line, we can infer that the speaker is comparing the act of climbing birch trees to swinging, suggesting that the boy's climbing is similar to swinging on the trees.
Therefore, the correct answer is not among the options provided.