bent birches prompt the speaker of the poem by the name to imagine

Answer 1

a scene in which the birch trees are bent to the ground. The speaker is asked to imagine that a young boy has been swinging on the birch trees, climbing up and down and bending them towards the ground. The prompt also asks the speaker to envision the silver bark of the birch trees being cracked and broken as the boy swings on them.

Additionally, the prompt suggests the speaker imagine the boy being pulled away from the birch trees by his father, signaling the end of his playful swinging. The speaker is then asked to explore the impact of this imagination on their own emotions and thoughts, reflecting on the significance of the scene and the symbolism behind it.